Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-18
TO MAKE ALCOHL
OF IOWA'S SPUDS
CROP is NOW WORTH FROM SIX
TO TWELVE MILLION
DOLLARS

Future OF the Product Is Promising
Agricultural Department Is Promot-
Ing the Industry With This End in
VIew-Bie War Balloon.
Washington, Sept. 15.-While the po-
tato crop of Iowa each year Is worth
anywhere from s6,000,000 to S12,0O0,0OO
and amounts to 25,000,000 to 100000
bushels, those figures, large as they
are offer only an indication Of what 1T
is expected the potato will do for the
state in the future. Lighted and heat
ed by common garden potatoes, to say
nothing of gaining Its mechanical pow
err from the same source-if that is
not the achievement of Iowa within
few years. it will not be the fault Of
the agricultural department. OF course
the expected result will be obtained
through denaturalized alcohol and
since the agricultural department real
lies that the central western states
are in position to benefit tremendous
ly from the production of this mater
ial, 1t has already set about develop
ing those plants which can best pc
grown TO contribute to the new indus
try. On account of it's richness in the
desired qualities, the potato is the most
promising raw material for the manu-
facture Of denaturized alcohol and the
aeparImeht, tnereioIe, mas senl 1870 .l,.,ot,
10 Europe 10 study the Dig tuper wliich
grows tnere, ana TO arraise ior setu !,
ing SEED ana TRANSFORMING y " in,s
country. FMS huroPeah pota.o na'
ei na1 +i naaue as an auin +h pus ansrallv
efdi Times DIS large as those se,ie -, a. :,
seen IN TINS country II is raturailS Juss
What IS wanted LOT the Prouuctloi, ~
alcohol. II gives an immense Slelo, II
Delng CANNED tnat enough OF taelli ea an
be grown on one acre 10 produce 9vo
gallons OF alcohol Whlch means l,snt,
neat and power LOT Iai,ii houseiAp ".
Tor year. secretary wilson anu ~.
galloway are enthuslastlc over TINS plg
alcohol producing potato winch tnes
expect VIII come as an eNtrerieis nm
portant addltion 10 toWa's potato gloWs
ing interests, practicais amounting ~
new Industry IN ITSELF
Immense War Balloon.
If in the near future huge silver
ball takes to dropping from the sky at
the feet Of startled and unexpectant
citizens 1t should be understood that
it is not the Bryan presidential boom.
but the very newest bit of war gear be-
LONGING to the United states Uncle
sam having watched the experiments
Of other nations in the development of
military halloonine. has decided that 1t
is time tn take hand in the game
himsalf since # is reneraJlv admitted
that the nossihdlities of bailoons-and
airsh,ns when thew comel-will be
nra ctica,,v unlimited in time of war.
Accordinsly the war department is
making IN for inactivity In the past
and has Recently ordered from Paris
an immense war balloon. entirely UNI
like ANYTHING else of its kind It's most
striking fea tire will be it's silyery ap-
nearance due to a coating of alumni
UNI dust on the exterior Of the gas bag.
which is intended to close the pores Of
the container and entirely prevent
leakage. thus obyiating the disagreed
bic chance of being deposited in ar
enemy,s country during a reconnais-
sance n is also claimed that the
aIuminunf coating will reflect the heat
of the sun instead of absorbing it, an
| important point when the Increased
strain through expansion of gas nv
heat is remembered Whether the bal
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