Show s I 1 agriculture JJ j IN INDUSTRY SJ by norence florence C weed alj tills this 1 is one c a series ol 01 1 HOs articles ah showing ha how tarm products ire ending a an I 1 important market in industry oats an important industrial use for oat hulls bulls was discovered by accident in 1922 chemists were trying to improve the digestibility of 0 oats as a cattle feed when they discovered furfural bl a compound obtained from lorn oat hulls at first this was a laboratory curiosity but soon many uses were uncovered large quantities of curf furfural ural are obtained as a byproduct by product in the manufacture ot of rolled oats and at times cereal companies operate mainly to produce raw oat hulls as the raw material for furfural this compound might also be obtained from straw of wheat and other grains at present furfural is sold in tank lots tor for a germicide a wood preservative serva tive an improver of tobacco flavor a solvent for dyes and leather dressing and in the refining of lubricating oils it is also possible to use furfural tur 1 as a plastic compound N new ew me methods are being studied to keep it from turning dark it has been proposed as a material tor for a durable waterproof road when blended with soap salt lime farm wastes and soil several kinds of alcohol can be produced commercially from furfural and appear to have promise as solvents rs and wetting and cleansing agents in different kinds of manufacturing it might also be used as a fuel tor for diesel engines it if it were not so expensive more familiar uses of oat straw are as a blanket in curing concrete roads as hindered in fuels and as poultry litter the united states produces 25 per cent of 0 the worlds oats valued at agriculture news the cost of raising a pullet and feeding her through the first production period is about 2 25 turkey eggs should be gathered at least twice a day and three or tour four times a day is better flax Is splendid as a nurse crop crop for 01 ed clover alfalfa lespedeza and grass sweet clover grows too well in it and will give trouble at combining time fat brood sows bows do not produce the most vigorous pigs the fat sow may farrow weak pigs which ar are e more likely to be lulled killed by overla overlaying Y than are pigs in the litters of thinner more active sows bows As a safety measure every bull should hould have a ring put in his bis nose when he is about eight months old A copper bull ring wt inches in diameter will do while he Is young but by the time he becomes two years old it should be replaced by a stronger gun metal ring |