698 Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. flO Nov., 1916. 



Concrete, G inches thick- — 



For Draining Floor— 12 cubic yards broken stone or gravel. 

 4 cubic yards clean sand. 

 13| casks or 40 bags cement. 



Plaster ^-inch thick — (Area 75 sq. yards) — 20 cubic feet or f culiiu yard 



sand 

 2^ casks or Ih bags cement. 



TOTAL QUANTITIES. 



Broken stone or gravel, 22 cubic yards; sand, cubic yards: ceiuent. 20 casks 

 or 87 bags. 



MATERIALS FOR DRAINING SHED. 



14 Side posts, 11-ft., 4x3 8 End battens. 7-ft.. 3 x U 



5 Centre posts, 14-ft., 4 x 3 34 Sbeets 10-ft. iron. 



26 Rafters, 10-ft., 3x2 G Lengths 14-in. ridge cap. 



1 Ridge, 30-ft., 4x1* Wings— 4 il-ft. and 4 9-ft., 3 x 2 



3 Beams, LS ft. 6 in., 3x2 (Splash boards at each end of 



8 Roof battens, 30-ft., 3 x 1 bath) 



8 Side battens, 30-ft., 3 x U 60 feet super. 6x1 board. 



8 End battens, 8-ft., 3 x I4 



For Gate;s — 24 feet 3 x 2, 48 feet 3x1, and 3 pairs 18-in. tee hinges. 



" NATALITE," A MOTOR FUEL CONSISTING OF ALCOHOL AND 

 ETHER, MADE FROM MOLASSES. 



Attempts to use alcohol as a substitute for petrol or gasoline in the 

 interual combustion engine have been numerous, but certain difficulties 

 - — the necessity for high compression in the cylinder, the difficulty to 

 start the motor " from cold," &c. — have thus fq,r stood in the way of 

 a general adoption of the practice. 



A motor fuel, recently invented and patented and to which the 

 name of '' JSTatalite " has been given, is said to overcome the difficulty 

 attendant upon the use of alcohol alone, by mixing with the alcohol 

 ether obtainable by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid. 



A report made in June, 1915, by Professor Vivian B. Lewes, Chief 

 Superintending Gas Examiner of the Corporation of the City of 

 London, has been summarized in a recent issue of the International 

 Sugar Journal (Vol. 18, 1916, p. 32). 



In concluding his report. Professor Lewes said : — ■" The great value 

 of ' Natalite ' lies in the fact that alcohol can be made on an enormous 

 scale in every quarter of the world, while the alcohol so made can 

 be caused to give the necessary ether by further distillation with 

 sulphuric acid, and the cost at which the finished spirit could be put 

 upon the market would be considerably below the price of the cheapest 

 petrol. 



" There is not the least doubt that, given the required facilities. 

 ' JSTatalite ' would prove a motive fuel of the greatest Imperial im- 

 portance." 



- — Pure Products, July, 1916. 



