The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-10-21

SaoAisRtstI IS VALUABLE.
''e o isoH'vuuiiccrs p; the west
Worth $IS Per Ton
Utilizing with improved apparatus
an old principle in wood ditsillation,
demonstration is being made IN this
city at 23l Southwest Temple Of a
process, by which sagebrush, Tor
many years regarded almost as
curse by homesteaders, is forced to
yieid IN various chemicals a value OF
5000 for each 1000 pounds. The
products Of this distillation are:
Charcoal, 81 bushels; wood alcohol,
! gallons; acetic acid, ass pounds:
acetone, 36 pounds; wood oil. Gle
pounds; pitch, 70 pounds; eaeIiiiisi
carbonate 5 z pounds The CONNER
cial value Of the above yield, the
charcoal being figured on its frel
value at ~ cents per bushel and the
price being all wholesale figures, is,
as stated, $SO.9G When it is consid-
cred that the charcoal wiz be liz great
demand for users N the arts and
medicine as a superior grade Of char
coal, this figure must be enlarged. Tt
is calculated that it requires 1000
pounds Of sagebrush to equal one
cord and all calculations have been
based on this figure
The commercial uses to w~irh tho
various products may may be put are:
The acetis acid for use in the manu-
facture of acetates for use in calico
printing, waterproof wooden goods,
manufacture Of artificial flavors and
varnish, white lead. coal tar colors,
explosives and vinegar; The acetono
in the manufacture Of chloroform.
smokeless powder, varnish
and as a solvent for gums in the
arts; wood alcohol in the manufac-
ture Of varnish, coal tar dyes and
single stains, the creosote oil in
wood preservation; Dotassiu-l car
Donate for use as a fertilizer, in the
glass industry, in the manufacture
Of soap and washing powder, caustic
potash, dyes, and for bleaching; ca
'ium carbonate as metallurgical
lux, in the manufacture Of glass and
nfthe manufacture of carbon dioxide
or use in soda water; the pitch for
Use in weatherproof roofs, and char
'oal as fuel, in the arts and in The
Of medicine
AS significant cons-aerS Ton in the s
manufacture of these various prod 4
lets from sagsabrHsh the financial re-
enue to be deyired from such an un-
is coupled with the benefit
viii do the west in general because
+ affording market for sagehrusir
nd clearing the land now covered
With the growth Officials compute (
he area now covered with sagebrush
s several millions of acres, affording II
n almost infinite supply for the
plants. The sagebrush +
removed with comparatively slight
iaiculty from the tracts by drag &
ing over them a triangle constructed
Oui HedfJ IdltlOdi iron, u lidcliOu
ngine being used as motive power. \
18th such an Arrangement it is said +,
lat as much as eight acres per day
ay be cleared. A cord wood meas in
re of sagebrush weighs about two
ms. The retorts for practical 10
ant would be about 10 feet high I
Id about 40 feet long, and would fe
:comodate change of IS tons or
ght cord of sagebrush, and produc- pc
g s247.68 in the value at wholesale -
the product A dealer in chemi-
Is here has agre-~ with the PRO he
oters now in the city, to take the as
tire product Of factory, il one be aid
tablished here, except the charcoal be
lich is also assured ready mar
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