The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1906-04-26

A dailyman who ships his butter t,
| cream receiving station of Il centra
| creamery, where it is tested, complain:
to us that he is not given fair tes
and wants to know what he can do t.
remedy it, We know of but one way
| and that Is to get Babcock tester an(
test the cream himself before he ship.
it. The expense is slight, and with tht
machine lie can tell at once whether he
is getting square deal or not.
The plan of renting land on share.
is very old, it being Il common practice
among ihe Romans. who cXacted one
tenth of the crop for the use of the
land. When the land in England was
occupied the same plan was followed
A farm of 1,200 acres brought the fol
lowing rent in the eighth century: Ten
casks OF honey, u casks of strong ale
80 casks of small ale, 300 loaves OF
bread, oxen. 10 wedders 10 geese. 2C
hens. 10 chickens, 10 cheeses. cask oil
butter 3 salmon, 20 pounds of forage
and 100 e,als.
E1S1111 GRAIN ALCOHOL.
No measure so kccnly affecting the
Industrial and agricultural interests of
the country has been before congress
IN n long time as that which has re
Gently been fayorubly reported by the
house committee on ways and means,
which has in view the removal Of the
tax of S2.0T per gallon III present levied
on grain alcohol AT first thought this
may not seem to the average reader OF
especial Importance. but ii is highly so.
Free alcohol for Industrial purposes
will revolutioniZe the fuel problem so
far as internal combustion engines,
lighting and cooking purposes are con
cerned. Careful estimates which have
been made agree that it can be made
for 10 cents per gallon, while many
authorities put the cost at less than 10
cents. In view of the fact that grain
alcohol can be used to good advantage
as substitute for gasoline in almost
every utility, and as the latter has been
gradually Increasing in price, the field
opened up along this line alone will
readily be seen to he one of utmost
Importance. Besides the uses mention
ed it is absolutely necessary in the
manufacture of smcselCss powder, pho
tographic plates, celluloid products,
transparent soaps. etc, i'll which uses
1t has been practically driven out be-
cause of the very high internal revenue
tax mentioned above, wood alcohol be-
ing used in its place. The greatest OBJ
lection which has heretofore existed to
a removal of the tax on grain alcohol
has been the fear of its use as Il bcv-
erage This Is now entirely removed
by the use of Il process whereby alco-
hol of this character il "denatured"
|. e., rendered unfit for use as bev-
erage. In this condition it is intensely
nauseous and cannot proitably be re-
distilled. Besides being cheaper than
gasoline alcohol is much safer ana can
be made from many products of the
farm which are now Wasted-grain
spoiled for feeding purposes. potatoes,
cornsIalks IN fact. anything that con
tains sugar and starch. Should the
tax be removed II would result in the
establishment of hundreds OF small
dislillcrles all through the agricultural
sections of the country, which would
provide Il close market for the prod
nets not now prOntahly used and re-
suit IN lessenlng transportation charges
on n most excellent aud cheap fuel
Every farmer who reads this article or
has read Of the matter elsewhere should
write his congressman and senator
urging n cordial support of the meas
ure.