Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Producing penatured Alcohol.

IF a farmer or other person desires
to go into the business of manufactur-
ing denatured alcohol, at a plant how
ever SMALL" says Internal Revenue
Commissioner Yerkes, "he will be re-
n prescribed by the general laws
and regulations. He will be required
to give a bond, the effect Of which is to
prevent him from defrauding the gov
eminent Of the tax on my distilled
spirits produced by him. He will be
required to establish a distillery ware
house to deposit the spirits produced
by him in this warehouse to establish.
a denaturing bonded warehouse, and to
tax pay or d%enature, just as he may
wish, the alcohol produced by him. ali
Of this will be done under government
al supervision, but the government pays
for this supervision. The manufacture
of alcohol does not bear one cent of it.
There is no objection to a farmer man
ufacturing his alcohol in his back yard
provided he wants to establish a dis
tillery there. If you will take the trou-
BILE to investigate you will find, in my
opinion, that the laws and regulations
relating to the manufacture of alcohol
in Germany do not differ to any great
extent from the laws and regulations
In this country"
Horse Maintains Hts Position.
The horse is always about to be, but
never is put out Of business. On the
appearance of every new agency OF
transportation the announcement is sol
EMMY made that the horse, after pass
ing through IN era of decreasing prices,
will cease and determine. 1t was SO
when railroads began to gain Roadway,
when bicycles came into use, when the
electric cars commenced to buzz along
the highways, when the auto developed
into something more than a curiosity,
but yet here the horse is still with us,
and more valuable than yer
Statistics submitted to the House OF
Representatives, in connection With the
agricultural appropriation bill, show
that there has been a notable Increase
in the United States in the last nine
years. The aggregate of horses Jan.
/, 1906, stood at 1%S,71S,57S, against
14,367,66 at the corresponding date of
1897. Their total value increased from
1852, 649,396 in 1897 to $3.50, $4,000.
This startling rate of Increase in
value is no more marked than that Of
mules, according to the same govern,
ment authorities. There were 2,21G,-
654 mules in 1897 and 3,1O4,U61 N
1906, and the values were, respectively,
500, 800, 900 and 1884, 6SO,52O.
HuskinE Corn.
The following expression of opinion
is from one who has been watching the
work Of handling corr by machinery ;
Much of the work will be done By the
power husker and shredder, but a nun.
Der who had their corn husked In this
manner last year are going to return
to the old method as being cheaper and
more satisfactory.
The shredder Is the natural compan
ion of the binder, and most of the corn
cut by the latter will be Shredded,
There are, however, some binders in
this vicinity that have stood still willie
their owners cut their corn by land,
they thinking it cheaper and fully as
rapid and easy, where help for sbock.
ing could not be obtained. A nai :h,
| Dor Of mine cut one field with a shock.
err, but could AVE cut it as quickly by
hand, and went back to the binder fol-
the next field. He will shred these
| shocks, and, I think, find them hard
to handle, as they are so tightly com
pressed.
In husking by hand, it will be found
convenient to have crates enough for
| one or two loads and scatter a load OF
| them along the rows before huskfng,
throwing the corn into them while
husking. This will save picking up
and shoveling of, and the hauling viii
be easier and more rapid.
Shredded fodder is all right If the
stalks are thoroughly cured when
shredded. II not, look out for spelled
| fodder-and also corn, unless put In i
narrow, wel-ventilated crib.