Show agriculture INDUSTRY sugar cane Z by FLORENCE WEED this is one of a series of articles show ing how bow farm products are endiak an important market in ia industry some of the attractive colorful rooms in modern modem homes are made with wall board of pressed sugar cane time was when no one knew what to do with sugar cane after the sugar was extracted tons were either destroyed or burned as fuel in the sugar mills then in du chemists found a way to press the cane refuse into long fibers to felt and weave it into long board sheets chemists have also found that a cheap molding compound can be made from by grinding the cane to a powder combining it with chemicals the substance can be molded into flat panels or floor tiles backers believe that this low cost molding compound will enable the plastics industry to branch out into broader fields such as the man of furniture building materials and parts for automobiles since it can be made for less than half the cost of the cheapest synthetic compound known |