El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05

popular taste. Grape sugar, an
other suggestion, has been de-
clared impossible.
Private concerns are investigating
the prospects OF non-alcOholic wines
from wine grapes. Wines Of this sort
are now made in large quantities in
Italy, according TO a representative OF
the Anti-Saloon league They do not
ferment. no matter how long they are
kept II this project should be sue
cessful, and the products gain public
favor. the grape question would De
partly settled at least
Attention TO side line grape prod
ucts. such as vinegar and potash. Is
recommended to the California grow
ers The department Of agriculture
states that the United States is igno-
rant Of nine-tenths Of the uses 10
which grapes may be put In Europe
the seed are used in making tannin,
coloring matter, a coffee substitute
and soap. and oil is extracted from
them Abundance Of other materla Is
in this country does not tend TO make
such conservation popular, but con-
sidering that the California grape crop
averages 100000 tons, retaining the
seed is a project worth studying
To Try other Grapes
The government is now helping the
grape growers to take up the culture
OF other kinds OF grapes
dollhouse grapes raised indoors
IN England and Belgium, and sold
In this country for s. and 50
pound. can he raised out-of-don~S
In California and placed on the
market at n lower price
In fact. practically any variety OF
grape can be raised successfully there
Malaga grapes are only one variety
not grown in this country which the
department Of agriculture IS urging
upon western grape growers as a
practical proposition In a very Few
years, the department predicts, this
country viii produce all the Malaga
grapes Il needs The main difficulty
is 10 tide the growers over the next
year or so. The Introduction Of new
varieties Of grapes 10 California soil
may be highly successful eventually
but under the most favorable circum-
stances the vines viii not bear fruit
for three years
The plan which seems most promis-
Ing for the near future is TO use our
wine grapes for syrup This scheme
has some drawbacks Wine grapes
are not raised cheaply, and syrup
made from expensive grapes VIII nee
essarily be Nights retail price is
figured at 81 a gallon II cannot,
therefore, compete with cheaper
syrups, and can succeed as com
modify only n a market can be built
Up FOR # as a high-grade syrup similar
TO maple syrup
No Grain Loss
As for the grain situation. over l0o.-
600. 000 bushels OF grain have been
consumed each year in production OF
alcohol As all OF the grain thus used
can be diverted into other markets
with little disturbance, there viii be
no appreciable loss to farmers who
have been raising grain for the brew
ers and distiners- A much smaller
percentage Of the barley, rye and com
crops mas gone into alcohol than Us
generally supposed. Rye is usually
associated with whisky first and
bread afterwards Yet nearly half Of
the rye produced in recent years has
been milled into flour. while only one
sixth has gone TO distilleries- One
fourth Of the barley crop has been
used for alcohol The several mill
lions Of bushels Of corn yearly dedi-
Gated TO Bacchus are a minute part OF
the United States corn crop. which
VIII lie absorbed into the general corn
market.
When. or II. the nation goes dry,