Show Agriculture in Industry By FLORENCE C. WEED Pecans Nuts usually are thought of as delicious additions to candy and ice but the Georgia school of technology views the pecan as material for Charcoal has been produced from the pecan When it has as great power in decolorizing dyes as do other vegetable charcoals now being used Oil has been obtained from pecan meats which has a pleasant bland taste and It becomes transparent when refined by the same process used for cotton seed The oil can be used as salad oil or as a substitute for fats in It has been used experimentally as a basis for cold cream which compares well with the finest commercial Ground nut shells may also have possibilities as abrasives or as a agent for cleaning certain kinds of They may also be useful for combining with dusting powders to kill Pecans are native to the southern states where the output is annually to tons Improved varieties have been developed by selection and propagated by but more than 50 per cent of the amount marketed are wild and seedling pecans which are native to the warm Texas produces the greatest crop followed by Alabama and |