Show THE VALUE OF THE CORN HUSK A NEW INDUSTRY every body ia is familiar with husk mats and it is well known that excellent mattresses can be made from this article but a very small portion of the crop is saved for these purposes it is not generally known that the husk ia Is applied in foreign countries to many other important uses some writers even assert that the value of the husk crop if utilized would be nearly equal that of the oat and barley crops of the country combined we have seen most excellent husk letter ietter paper anait and it is said better paper can be made from it t han than from either linen or cotton rags and because it has great hardness and firmness exceeding that of the best hand make Engli english shri Erti drawing papers thatis that it is especially adap adapted for pencil penell I 1 drawing water colors and shod shorthand short hand writing for which latter purpose it is extensively used its durability it is claimed renders it peculiarly valuable for documents records bank notes bonds etc corn husks contain a long straight strong flax like fabric which can be spun like flax into a thread and the thread like linen thread woven into cloth of great tenacity and strength 1 which excels all the course materials 1 in common use in in resisting decomposition this will furnish an ati eie exe excellent ilent substitute for coarse flax and hemp cloths claths and bagging again in the course of extraction extrac extracting tin g the corn long fabres fibres are found at the bottom of the boiler in a spongy condition filled with a glutinous substance 1 which on closer examination proves to be a nutritious dough tb this s may be dried and baked and furnishes a good wholesome sweet bread especially when mixed with wheat four flour it possesses the peculiarity that it keeps perfectly sweet for months although exposed to the air it will not mould and excels almost all known vegetable substances in its resistance to decomposition mixed with wheat flour it would probably mak make eavery a very goodma good material for ship bread and crackers cattle eat it voraciously of this farinaceous nace ous substance there are 15 pounds in a hundred pounds of husks of fir the long iong suitable for spinning a hundred pounds of husks furnishes 23 25 23 pounds while at the same time 20 pounds of paper is afforded from the pounds of raw material the entire valuable products being 60 per cent of the we weight g ht of husks these interesting manufactures are chiefly conducted under the patronage of the austrian government and it is stated that the knapsacks for the im serial army wagon tops floor cloths claths nire fire re buckets and paper of all var varieties letle letie from the coarsest wrapping t to 0 t the e finest bank note paper used by the government ern ment are manufactured at the imperial mills besides these there are two private mills in operation near vienna conducted on an extensive scale the owners of which it is said became independently rich in the two f first years of their workings their mills being several times extended and kept running night and day to fill all their different orders the importance of saving the husks will be fully appreciated when it is remembered that they are simply incidental ci el dental to the production of a most important cereal everywhere cultivated and that they cost nothing beyond the care attending their collection and preservation the chief reason of the inattention hitherto bestowed by capitalists on this article is traceable maini mainly y to the difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply of husks we are satisfied that the demand will abundantly warrant farmers in saving and storing all the husks they can they are easily baled and marketed I 1 like baled hay bay and will find a good price for mattresses alone our friends who contemplate starting the husk manufacture in this country must not however wait for the farmers to accumulate husks but appoint responsible agents who will contract for the material at the farms farmers are beginning to appreciate their value as fodder and probably will not be dispose to sell them for less than the price of hay IRISH emigration one hundred and one thousand two hundred and afif tyone ty one persons emigrated from ireland in 1866 only seven per cent of these were over the age of forty years |