Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-11-02
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lowering The cost 90 p.UuuCllun and raised the
yield to such point chat the introduction of this
alcohol aS Il motor fuel seems likely. particularly
with gasoline going up as it has been. As Mark
Twain said, What chance has prohibition when
Il man can take ripsuw and get drunk on II fence
rail or drink the legs off the kitchen tableT
Western larch has an unusually high percent
age of g;laCtan. which it is believed can he CON
verified into fermcntabie sugar for use in making
grain alcohol This same galactan in oxidation
yields large quantities of muric acid and murlc
acid can take the place OF Iartarlc acid in the
manufacture of baking powder. n number OF lunl-
bcnnen recently visited the laboratory and one of
the chemists made hakiH, powder from wood, AMI
his wife made biscuit with it, Another advance is
the preparation of Il fine sweet Sirup from Saac-
tose, sugar derived from galactan. So If the
people of Montana the home of the Western larch,
get hard pressed they can make their lapjacks
with arch baking powder. bake them over n
stove heated with larci alcohol and sweeten them
with arch sirup
Converting ccllulOSe obtained from wood into Il
gelatinouS material known yscose opens up
another field for research and adds new line OF
products running all the way from sausage cas-
ings To tapestry. Five million dollars worth of
silk socks sold last year got their silk from wood
as did many silk neckties and fancy braidS. Prob
ably il won't be long before the whms of the silk
worm will have little control over silk market con-
dtiOns.
Kraft paper is made from sulphate pulp, and
the method of making 1t came to this country
from Sweden ten years ago. Kraft Is much
stronger than other papers Ii is brown. like what
we usually think of as wrapping paper. Large
quantities of II are used for that purpose and 1t
is particularly suitable for large envelopes. Kraft
is used for book covers. for imitation leather and
for cardboard suitcases. An attempt Is being
made 10 produce paper Irvine that will replace
the binder twines made from imported
fbers. This question has become more active be
cause of the recent shortage of these other hbers
on account Of the conditions south Of us. sue
ceSsful paper substitute would provide for the
utilization of a large amount Of wood waste anC
nj the same time build up home Industry indie
pendent Of foreign materials
The problems put up to the laboratory TO solve
are many and complex One man In the frog bust
ness was suffering heavy losses from the death OF
his tadpOles. He asked the laboratory to find gu
If there was anything in the wood which wheT
washed out poisoned the tadpoles.
The government chemists undertook to stud!
the matter They could not locate the trouble. Sc
II was put up to the section of timber tests Afte
n few experiments it was found that the resonant
cracking of the large frogs produced vibrations ir
the boards of the tanks. The vibrations wer'
transmitted through the water to the ganglia o.
the tadpoles (they have no brans) causing a dis
ease somewhat akin to infantile paralysis.
The remedy simple The man was advised
TO separate his tadpOles from his large frogs thu
combining the vibrations to the older generations
This was done and the mortality among the tad
poles decreased wonderfully