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•provided you get a proper preparation of oil and get the 

 results you need. 



Mr. Race: Outside of the people here I don't believe 

 that one out of ten will use lime-sulfur wash. 



Felt: I am willing to admit that it is harder to cover 

 a tree with a lime-sulfur wash than it is with miscible oils, 

 but, on the other hand, I have used both and have found 

 that the lime-sulfur wash is more effective, and this is the 

 reason that I think this is the Avash that more are going to 

 use. As to the matter of getting the wash into the eyes, I 

 think it is practical for most people to spray without harm. 



Moved that a committee be appointed by the chair to 

 nominate a list of officers for the ensuing year. Carried, 

 list to be announced later . 



Address of Dr. Stockberger of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington. 

 THE UTILIZATION OF WASTE PRODUCT OF THE 



FARM IN THE PRODUCTION OF DENATURED 

 ALCOHOL. 



The farmer has been given the right by Congress to 

 become an alcohol manufacturer under conditions much 

 simpler than those which have been placed about the man- 

 ufacture of alcohol heretofore. 



Through German experience, however, it appears doubt- 

 ful if alcohol can be manufactured economically on a 

 small scale. It appears to be pretty clear that a plant of 

 economic size can hardly fall below the capacity of 100 gal- 

 lons of 50 per cent, alcohol in the run of 24 hours. It seems 

 more probable that a rational capacity cannot be obtained 

 ■ander the present law. German distilleries varying from 

 two to three times the legal capacity limit. 



To run such a plant economically and safely, requires 

 the management of a trained distiller who must be equipped 

 by experience for the management of the technical process- 

 es involved. The ordinary untrained farmer would not dare 

 trust himself with so elaborate a plant. The distillery, in 

 order to run economically, should be operated throughout 

 the entire day, if possible, and should shut down as few 

 times as possible during the season's run. To realize these 

 vconditions requires the assembling of a large amount of 



