Bulletin, Tues., Jan. 29, 1980
Tryon Daily
Communication
On Jan. 24 between 7:10 and
7:25 a.m. a little black dog was
hit and killed on Landrum Mills
Rd. about 100 yds. past Cordage
Woods toward Landrum Mills.
Now I know dogs are hit by cars
quite frequently and nobody
really seems to care. If we hit one
we feel badly for a moment and
continue on our hurried way. But,
think for a moment, if you will
and ask yourself why you didn’t
stop! You were in a hurry to get
to work, or late for an
appointment. Even worse is the
excuse that they should be tied
up. These are all excuses we use
when we hit an animal, but what
if the dog were yours and you saw
him killed and then had to tell
your little girl or boy that the
family pet wasn’t coming home
anymore because he was dead
and the driver of the car didn’t
stop to see if the dog had a collar
or tag and didn’t seem to care. I
just had to do this because that
little black dog was mine. Next
time you do hit a dog, please stop
and care.
Ernest and Beth Doughty
Use Of Label
Can Speed Up
Tax Refund
Greensboro — That ore-ad
dressed, peel-off label that is
attached to your Federal tax
forms package has two big
advantages this year, the
Internal Revenue Service says.
Last year about 65 percent of
the 2.2 million returns filed in
North Carolina bore the peel-off
label, saving Uncle Sam about
$143,000 or 10 cents per label.
The savings are realized in faster
processing because the label
contains certain information that
would not be furnished if a
taxpayer wrote in his name,
address, and Social Security
number.
Perhaps the most attractive
advantage in using the label is to
the taxpayer. The IRS says that if
the label is not used, and the
information written in is hard to
decipher, the processing of the
return is slower, causing any
refund due to be delayed from
two to six weeks.
The IRS also said that using the
label will not trigger an audit of
the return. The selection of
returns for audit is through a
different method.
Home Brew Alcohol
Has Limits
Farmers who try to beat the
high price of gas by cranking up
grandpa’s old still may be in for a
disappointment.
The stuff that grandpa brewed
may have kept him going, but it is
not good enough to run a tractor,
car or truck. Not enough kick,
grandpa would say. The proof is
too low, an engineer would say.
Also, the price of alcohol is still
more than the price of gasoline.
John Glover, an extension
agricultural engineer at N. C.
State University, said the
questions he gets indicate that
many people don’t understand
the type of equipment necessary
to produce alcohol as a fuel.
The simple “Moonshine-type”
still will produce alcohol of 60 to
100 proof with one pass through
the still. Gasoline engines need
alcohol of at least 180 proof to run
properly.
A person can get the higher
proof by running the alcohol back
through the still several times.
However, each pass through the
still runs up the cost of production
and makes home brewed alcohol
less of a bargain.
A better alternative, Glover
said, is to use one of the newer
type stills that have a rectifying
or distillation column. This type
of still “redistills” the mash
several times as the vapors pass
through the column.
Alcohol of up to 196 proof is
possible with a rectifying
column, Glover said. The
maximum for a homemade
column (moonshine-type still) is
usually 180 to 190 proof.
“Proof” is the term used to
describe the purity of alcohol.
The number of the proof is twice
the percentage, by volume, of
alcohol in the mixture. For
example, a mixture that is 100
proof is actually 50 percent
alcohol and 50 percent water.
While gasoline engines can be
modified to burn alcohol of 180
proof, engines will burn gasohol
without modification. Gasohol is
a mixture of anhydrous (200
proof) enthanol alcohol and 90
percent unleaded gas.
Thus, a farmer cannot make
his own gasohol because he
cannot produce 200 proof alcohol.
Lower proof alcohol will not mix
with gasoline and will drop to the
bottom of the tank.
To modify a gasoline engine so
it will burn only alcohol, Glover
said a person should enlarge the
diameter of the carburetor fuel
jets by one-third to enrich the fuel
mixture.
The ignition timing may also
need to be advanced because of
the high octane rate of ethanol
alcohol, which is over 100. For
maximum efficiency, the com
pression ratio can also be
increased due to the high octane
rating.
Engine performance is poor,
Glover said, when a person tries
to use ethanol alcohol of less than
160 proof. Permanent damage in
the form of corrosion can result
from extended use. An engine
that has been modifed to burn
straight alcohol (160 proof and
above) must be changed back to
burn gasoline. If it is not, the
engine will flood. — Tom Byrd,
NCSU.
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Collingwood Rd., Alexandria,
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