Show NEW USES FOR FARM FAIM PRODUCTS A conference between representatives of agriculture industry and science clence fi held at dearborn mich was devoted to the possibility ot of producing crops for industrial purposes the importance of chemistry in converting raw products into useful commodities was vaa stressed growing motor fuel on the he farm was pictured 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 teems seems to 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 users of automobiles wilt will continue to utilize the type which furnishes furbishes power at lowest cost and greatest convenience present supplies of gasoline and those immediately in prospects prospect together with the efficiency developed in distribution give elve it a decided advantage over 0 ther other fuels it if production should decline and prices increase materially will be given greater I 1 consideration with corn selling nt 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 ensol lne tor for fuel presuppose a decided reduction in prices ethyl alcohol can be made from any farm crop it Is derived largely from carbohydrates in europe unmarketable potatoes are utilized largely for that purpose much of the molasses a byproduct by product of the sugar industry Is now converted into alcohol there Is however no indication that any crop la Is grown primarily for that purpose but materials of low value or in some borne instances waste products are utilized it probably will be many years before corn will be grown primarily as jk a fuel crop soy bean oil Is extensively used in paints and varnishes linseed oil has many industrial users tung oil trees are grown in the south in a 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 converted into wall board slash pine into paper pulp new uses 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 save gave labor labar i and transportation costs will have bay to be solved before commercial activity may be developed american agriculture has been conducted upon an export basis As an yet no workable plan of self cy has been developed itis a whole some thing for agriculture industry and science to operate cooperate co in an effort to develop the market for aarts farts products as any success along thui line will add to the standard itan dard of allt ing in rural communities and make a wider market for industrial goods meanwhile the farms need foreign markets kansas city times |