GAS FROM STRAW
A Canadian inventor has worked out a new application of thrift in the form of a gas which can bo made from straw. The invention will bo of special value in farm communities, as it will enable the farmer to utilise straw that now gees to waste. The gas is mr.de in a threeoylindor retort. Each cylinder holds a bale of straw 7ft long, 2ft wido, and 6in thick. With the chambers closed, the straw is ignited and allowed to burn from 30 to 40 minuted. It is said that 12,600 cubic feet of syas can bo generated from a ton of s-tivw, in addition to which there will be by-products of s,ix to eight gallons of tar and 6401b of carbon.
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Evening Star, Issue 16987, 8 March 1919, Page 2
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125GAS FROM STRAW Evening Star, Issue 16987, 8 March 1919, Page 2
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