| Show ftc aa agriculture IV IN INDUSTRY by florence C weed this is one of a series of articles showing g tow how farm products are sailing ending as an important market in industry corn not all the corn cobs go into pipes nor are they burned in the stove in the farm kitchen tons of t this his so called waste is ground into stock feed and crushed to dust for sweeping compounds cobs are charr charred ed to the charcoal stage and used fo for r fuel for making gun powder and in the decolorizing izing process cobs cob s are converted into glue incense e resin and tar it is hard to believe that the pit pith h of the corn stalk goes to miladys dressing table in the form of face powder it also finds a use as the insulating lining for refrigerators as pipe covering papier mache and novelty pottery A corn plastic zein is being made commercially commercially and goes into buttons and other small articles corn oil is widely used as a food and also finds a place in pharmaceuticals the refining process yields excellent feeds for poultry and livestock although corn starch usually is considered a food it goes into the inedible products of more than 30 industries including the textile paper making laundry and wood manufacturing industries other uses are in the manufacture of fuel bri electric battery compounds for dry cells adhesives and dusting rubber goods to prevent sticking dextrin roughly described as roasted starch is used for gummed envelopes stamps and wood veneer glue it is the binder that holds the inflammable material on the wires of fourth of july sparklers spar klers |
