Show NEW USES FOR F FARM ARM PRODUCTS A conference between representatives of agriculture industry anil and science held at dearborn alach was devoted demoted to the possibility of producing crops for industrial purposes the importance ot of chemistry in converting raw products into useful commodities was stressed growing motor fuel on the farm was pictured ns as a a year income builder for future farmers the land requirement for the production of gallons of alcohol a year was estimated at to acres there seems to bo be no unsolved technical problem standing in the way of utilizing alcohol as a fuel though there doubtless will be improvements and refinements developed motor fuel Is a competitive product uc t users of automobiles will continue to utilize the type which furnishes power at lowest cost and greatest convenience present supplies plies of gasoline and those immediately in prospect together with the efficiency developed in distribution give it a decided advantage over other fuels if production should decline cline an and d prices increase materially substitutes will be given greater consideration with corn selling at 1 a bushel discussion of its diversion into uses other than for feeding have largely subsided those who advocate its conversion into alcohol to be mixed with gasoline for fuel presuppose a decided reduction in prices ethyl alcohol can be made from any farm crop it ts Is derived largely from carbohydrates in europe unmarketable potatoes potato ea are utilized largely for that purpose much of the molasses a byproduct by product of the sugar industry ts Is now converted into alcohol there Is however no indication that any crop Is grown primarily for that purpose but materials of low value or in some instances waste products are utilized it probably will be many years before fore e corn will be grown primarily as a fuel crop soy bean oil Is extensively u used d I 1 in n paints and varnishes lins linseed aea oil 11 has many industrial users tung oil trees are grown in the tha south in it limited way with prospects of greater expansion a form of sugar can be made from artichokes or sunflowers sun flowers cornstalks Corn stalks have been successfully con converted vertea into wall board slash pine into paper pulp new lew use uses s for other farm products will be discovered but the problems of getting production costs low enough of factories located close to the source of supply to jo save labor and transportation costs will have to be solved before commercial activity may be developed american agriculture has haa been conducted upon an export basis an aa yet no workable plan of self cy tins has been developed it Is a wholesome thing for agriculture industry and science to operate cooperate co in an effort to develop the market for farm products as any success along tills this line will add to the standard of living in rural communities and make a wider market for industrial goods meanwhile the farms need foreign markets kansas city times |