1905.] Manufacture of Alcohol from Potatoes. 733 



nature, with 14,152 out of the total number. The average 

 prices realised at that market were 34s. 6d., 32s., and 28s. iod. 

 for first, second, and third quality animals respectively. At 



PER * ! >J 



iqoi 



/902 



5 £ s| < S ^ j m o. ^ ^ 



iqo3 



rf^TTT^'ldill 



■is & «: ~> t> </> o a,, c, 



ilRTITW 



PRICE 

 PER 

 CYVT 



FIRST QUALITY 



SECOND QUALITY 



Diagram Showing Monthly Live Weight Prices, 1901-4. 



Edinburgh nearly 3,000 store cattle were weighed, and it is 

 of interest to note that four-fiLhs of them were sold at an 

 agreed-on rate per live cwt. Other markets reporting the 

 weighing of stores during the year were Leicester, Norwich, 

 Aberdeen, and Dundee ; at all of which, except Leicester, a 

 certain number of sales at an agreed-on rate per stone or per 

 cwt. were recorded. 



The manufacture of alcohol from potatoes is an important 



industry on the Continent, and more especially in Germany. 



The extent of the industry in the latter 



Manufacture of country was indicated in an article in 

 Alcohol from . , f . u . 7 //A 



Potatoes in a P revious numD er of this journal (April, 



Germany. 1904), and it appears from the official 



agricultural statistics that no less than 



3,088,000 tons of potatoes were utilised in German distilleries 



for the manufacture of alcohol in the winter of 1901-2. With 



the object of investigating the suitability of the industry for 



Ireland, the Irish Department of Agriculture instructed one of 



