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one at Neuguth, it was equipped very much along the same lines, 
having been built by a Westphalian firm in accordance with plans | 
and specifications provided by the building-technological division 
of the Society of Spirit Manufacturers. In completeness of detail | 
it was not as perfect as the one at Neuguth, but it showed that a 
fine, up-to-date distillery can be built for little more than half the 
cost of the one in Silesia. The mash-tub capacity is about 792 
gallons per tub and the operation a double one. For each operation 
110 bushels of potatoes are used, making a daily consumption of 220) 
bushels. The spent mash (about 1,500 gallons) is fed to the cattle | 
at Treben and Petersdortf. | 
The distillery had no allotment, but received a rebate for 264 
gallons. During a run of six or seven months under the double opera- 
tion they expected to distill about 26,400 gallons of alcohol. None 
of this was used technically on the estate. The employees of the 
distillery consisted of a master distiller and three assistants. | 
The two estates of Treben and Petersdorf comprise about 1,575 | 
acres (2,500 Morgen) of cultivated land and the same area of | 
wooded land. On the two estates about 20 men and 50 women are 
employed. During the summer months there are 15 additional 
laborers (Galicians). 
At Treben there are about 60 milch cows, 16 draft oxen, 14 horses, 
and from 160 to 180 pigs. The number of animals at Petersdorf 
was not ascertained. The young cattle are kept there in addition to 
some milch cows. The potato waste from the distillery is fed ex- 
clusively to the cattle, the pigs receiving raw potatoes as part of 
their food. The amount of milk and the price received therefor 
were not ascertained. The bulk of the milk was hauled to the dairy, 
a distance consuming about two hours. 
Here also the distillery was not regarded as a paying institution 
in itself, but its indirect value was twofold: 
(1) It put the dairy on a better financial basis, because the cows and oxen 
after having served their purpose were in fine condition to be sold. ‘The cattle 
were also a necessity because of the manure they furnished. 
(2) The potatoes in this case were more valuable when converted into 
alcohol than when sold as potatoes. In the fall of 1907 they were valued for 
alcohol purposes at 17 to 18 cents per bushel, whereas in the market they 
brought only 9 to 104 cents per bushel of 60 pounds and had to be hauled a 
considerable distance. The potatoes in turn were needed for a proper rotation | 
of crops.* 2 
WEIHENSTEPHAN. 
The estate of Weihenstephan is the seat of the Royal Bavarian 
Academy for Agriculture and Brewing. It is located just outside 
the village of Freising, in Upper Bavaria. Its new experimental 
1 Beets were also cultivated, but they had to be hauled to the nearest sugar factory, 
a distance consuming about two hours’ time. 
