Clyde William Warburton

"Oats rank next to corn and wheat in crop acreage and value in the United States. But notwithstanding this, less attention has been given to the production of oats than to any other important grain so that yields often have been unsatisfactory and the crop sometimes unprofitable. The essentials for success in oat production are -- Well-prepared land that is retentive of moisture and fairly fertile ; Good seed of suitable varieties, thoroughly cleaned and graded and treated for smut ; Early seeding with a grain drill ; The harvesting of the crop at the proper time ; Careful shocking and stacking so as to preserve the crop from injury by weathering ; Clean thrashing. Directions for making the growing of oats more generally profitable are given in the following pages."--Page 2

Spring Oat Production

Growing the Crop

Oats

Edward Elway Free

Lee Cleveland Corbett

J. M. Westgate

Lore Alford Rogers

Caroline Louisa Hunt

Seaman Ashahel Knapp

George Mason Whitaker

William Jasper Spillman

Samuel Fortier

Charles Pinckney Hartley

William Frear

Daniel Thomas Gray

A. O. Wente

Dick Jay Crosby

Patrick Joseph O'Gara

Russell Arthur Oakley

Walter N. M. Moore

Lucius Moody Tolman

E. K. Hibshman

Edwin Roy Jackson

Frank William Howe

"This bulletin has been prepared with two purposes in view : First, to outline the conditions which must be considered before attempting to make denatured alcohol, and second, to give in detail the practical methods for the manufacture of alcohol from potatoes. A discussion of general conditions is given in order to answer the many inquiries received at the Department as to the availability of various materials and it is hoped that persons interested, by a careful reading of this section, will be able to decide for themselves as to the value of any proposed material and the possibility of successfully making alcohol from it under their respective local conditions"--Purpose of the bulletin (p.5)

With a General Discussion of the Availability of Other Wastes

Potato Culls as a Source of Industrial Alcohol

Rob Roy Slocum

Leland Ossian Howard

Carleton Roy Ball

A. D. McNair

Everett Franklin Phillips

F. H. Hillman

H. P. Gould

Harry Benjamin Derr

Harvey Washington Wiley

Henry James Washburn

Jacob Hiram Arnold

John Robbins Mohler

John William Froley

Joseph Allen Warren

Thomas Henry Kearney

William Moore Scott

William Renwick Beattie

Altus Lacey Quaintance

Clarence Beaman Smith

W. F. Fletcher

William Benjamin Mercier

"It is apparent that the business of distilling alcohol is one which calls for a considerable investment and no small degree of technical skill.It can not be conducted advantageously, from a commercial point of view, in very small plants on account of the proportionately high cost of the plant and of the labor; and many of the so-called "wastes" which have been suggested as fermentable raw materials are so poor in fermentable substance or so expensive to handle that their availability is thereby impaired. It seem that the business, to be productive of satisfactory returns, must be conducted on a fairly large scale, and that the best success is likely to be attained with raw materials of the general types already in use, namely, maize, potatoes, and molasses. The industry is not suited to every locality, and it is most likely to be successful if carried on systematically on a very large farm, or if supported by the joint interests of a fairly large community. The alluring statements sometimes made regarding large financial returns to be obtained by making industrial alcohol with waste, raw material, unskilled labor, and a "cheap" distilling outfit are misleading and can only result in loss if followed." -- Conclusion (p.32)

With Special Reference to Its Suppression

Anthrax

Clyde William Warburton

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