OCR Text |
Show CORN COBS MADE INTO EXPLOSIVES Farmers generally will be interested inter-ested in the process, developed by F. T. Wilkinson, of Glendale, California, Cali-fornia, to convert corn cobs into nitro-cellulose, a base for explosives, explo-sives, and into a synthetic rubber which can be fused with natural rubber in making tires. Of course, we are not familiar with the process involved, but we understand that a laboratory is being constructed in Iowa for the purpose of utilizing the new process. pro-cess. State and federal experts are cooperating in the plant, which may get into production before many months. i |