Show NEW USES FOR FARM PRODUCTS A conference between representatives representatives tives th-es of ot agriculture Industry and nOlI science hel held at Dearborn Mich was devoted to the possibility of ot producing producing ing crops for Industrial purposes The rhe Importance of ot chemistry In converting con con- raw products Into useful commodities was stressed Growing motor fuel on the thc farm was pictured os ns as a n year a Income builder for tor future farmers The land requirement ement for the production production production pro pro- of gallons of ot nl- nl cobol a n year was estimated at SO 80 SO to acres There seems to be no unsolved technical problem standing In the way of ot utilizing utilizing util util- izing alcohol as a fuel though there doubtless will be Improvements and refinements developed Motor fuel Is a competitive product product prod prod- Users of ot automobiles will continue continue continue con con- to utilize the type which furnishes furnishes fur fur- power at nt lowest cost and greatest convenience Present supplies supplies sup sup- plies of ot gasoline and those ImmedIately Immediately Immedi ImmedI- In prospect together with the efficiency developed In distribution give It a n decided advantage over other fuels If production should de decline decline e- e cline and prices Increase materially I Bu substitutes will be given en greater grenter I consideration With corn selling at nt 1 a bushel discussion of Its Us diversion diversion diversion diver diver- sion Into uses other than for feeding have o largely subsided Those who advocate ocate Its Conversion con Into alcohol to be bo mixed with gasoline for fuel presuppose a decided reduction In prices Ethyl Ethl alcohol can be made from any farm crop It Is derived lerI lar largely ely from carbohydrates In Europe unmarketable unmarketable unmarketable un un- un- un marketable potatoes are utilized largely for that purpose Much of or orthe the molasses a product by-product of ot the sugar Industry Is now converted Into alcohol There Thera Is Is however no Indication Indication Indi Indi- cation that any crop Is grown primarily pr- pr manly marily for that purpose but materials materials mate mate- rials of ot low value or In some instances Instances In in- stances waste products are utilized It probably will be many years before be ve- before fore corn will be grown primarily as asa asa a n fuel crop Soy bean oil Is extensively ely used In paints and varnishes Linseed oil has hns many Industrial users Tung oil trees are grown In the South In n a limited way with prospects of greater great great- er expansion a form of sugar can be made from artichokes cs csor or sunflowers Cornstalks have been successfully converted Into wall wallboard wallboard board slash pine Into paper pulp New uses for other farm products will be discovered but the problems of ot getting production costs low enough of factories located close to the he source of or supply to save savo labor and transportation costs will have to o be solved before commercial ac- ac may muy be developed dc American n agriculture has been veen conducted upon an export basis As Asyet Asyet Asyet yet no workable plan Illan of self c cy has hns been developed It la Isa laa a wholesome wholesome wholesome whole whole- some thing for tor agriculture Industry and science to operate co In an ef ce effort effort ef- ef fort tort to develop the market for farm arm products as any success along this line will add to the standard of or livIn living living liv liv- In ing In rural ruml communities and make malte a wider market for tor Industrial goods Meanwhile the farms need foreign n markets Kansas Kan Kansas as City Times |