THE ALCOHOL INDUSTRY. PART I. 



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For a period of thirt}^ days during the months of Februar}^ and 

 March, 1910, accurate measurements were made of the amounts of tuba 

 and the }delds of alcohol obtained therefrom at seven distilleries in the 

 Province of Tayabas. The tuba was daily collected from the trees, but 

 the stills were run only when a sufficient quantity had collected at the 

 distillery to warrant lighting the fires. 



Table XXII. — Record of thirty days' run of seven distilleries in the Province of 



Tayabas. 



Dis- 

 till- 

 ery 

 No. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 trees 

 in use. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 days of 



pro- 

 duction 

 during 



the 

 period. 



Sap 

 handled 

 during 

 this pe- 

 riod, in 

 liters. 



Liters 

 of sap 

 han- 

 dled in 



the 

 stills on 

 work- 

 ing 

 days. 



Daily 

 pro- 

 duction 

 from 

 each 

 tree. 



Number of 

 proof liters 

 of alcohol 

 produced. 



Average 



proof of 



the alcohol. 



Per- 

 centage 

 yield of 

 alcohol 



from 

 the sap. 



High 

 grade. 



Low 

 grade. 



High 

 grade 



Low 

 grade 



Ii26 

 325 

 329 

 372 

 532 

 533 

 604 



697 

 1,050 

 1,086 



400 



700 

 1,000 



850 



15 

 17 

 20 

 7 

 6 

 14 

 13 



12, 117 

 36, 480 

 21,060 

 5,062 

 7,427 

 18, 106 

 24, 240 



807 

 2,146 

 1,053 



723 

 1,238 

 1,293 

 1,865 



0.60 

 1.16 

 0.64 

 0.42 

 0.35 

 0.60 

 0.95 



438 

 1,249 

 1,872 

 460 

 973 

 2, 172 

 2,817 



968 



3,306 



769 



193 



None. 



None. 



96 

 92 

 94 

 95 

 96 

 97 

 94 



87 

 72 

 83 

 86 



5.4 

 6.2 

 6.3 

 6.1 

 6.6 

 6.0 

 5.8 



A study of these data shows that the average amount of alcohol which 

 the sap of the coconut palm yields is 6.1 per cent by volume, equivalent 

 to an original sucrose content of 9.5 per cent.*^ The original saps 

 average 3 to 6 per cent more sucrose than this figure. The great loss of 

 alcohol which occurs, partly during fermentation and partly during dis- 

 tillation, is to be expected because of the crude methods employed. 



The fact is also brought out that natives of some provinces drink a 

 beverage much higher in alcohol than do those in others. Investigation 

 seems to show that it is the native taste which governs the character of 

 the product and not the idiosyncrasies of the distiller. 



All of the distilleries are small and the present tendency is toward an 

 increase in numbers in the provinces where the industry is most flourish- 

 ing. These conditions are brought about by the difficulty in carrying 

 the sap to a distillery located at any considerable distance from the 

 source of production. Almost all of the transportation is now done in 

 f)etroleum tins holding about twenty liters each. Two of these are sus- 

 pended from a stick over the shoulder of the porter. 



When the system of roads and bridges, now under construction in 

 the provinces, becomes more extended the transportation of sap to greater 

 distances will be made easy, and, no doubt, many of .the smaller and 



"* Grams of alcohol times 1 .96. 



102594 2 



