An Improvised Pure Yeast Machine for the Distillery
Batenga, D.E. 1940. Presentation of an improvised pure yeast machine for a 2,000-gal. Barbet column that is cheaper than what is in the market. An Improvised Pure Yeast Machine for the Distillery. Sugar News 21:303-304.
Methods to Obtain Potassium from Molasses Found by Taiwan Chemists
---------------. 1941. Two methods for collecting potassium from molasses have been discovered by experts of the Formosan Government-General. The methods are fully applicable to the spent wash, left in alcohol tanks after fermenting molasses. The industrialization of the new process is expected shortly.…
In Defense of Sucrose
Prof. Stubbs, H.L. 1941. The article is not written with the intention of advocating the unlimited use of sugar. A pound and a half of sugar a day might well result in serious consequences. On the other hand, a pound and a half of salt a day would most probably result in death. But that would lead to a conclusion that salt is undesirable in food. “In…
Compost
Galvez, N.L. 1941. The article aims to present the importance of compost in soil fertility, proper decomposition of farm waste before adding to the soil, different types of decomposition, materials and methods of composting, factors affecting the rate of composting and the quality of compost and finally the soils which may need compost immediately. Compost. Sugar…
An Inexpensive Artesian Water Pump
Ebro, L.S. 1941. Cane sugar factories get their drinking water supply from one or more artesian wells and like other industrial factories, have to operate an air compressor for their pneumatic tools, etc. The compressors installed are generally of such capacity that part of the air can be utilized for pumping water. An inexpensive way of…