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Show Oily Sand For Roads Turning a liability into an asset is an everyday story for oil men, whose Ingenuity and resourcefulness are noted in America. The problem facing one oil company was what to do with oilsoaked sand after useable quantities of oil had been separated from it. The solution was ideal. It was used i to surface leased roads on which traffic was too light to justify pav-inf, with asphalt. The growing demand for oil products on the nation's farms is emphasized by a recent U. S. Department of Agriculture report stating that tractors in use now total 4,-, 200,000. Before the start of World War II, they numbered only 1,700,. 000. Truck totals also have risen from 1,100,000 to 2,400,000, on the farms. |