The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

o'oiJ JOaI III tho plOCceo VI SettlnR
commercial products. There are num-
berless by-products, but there are on
exhibition here over forty principal
products Of the king of grains.
From two to three gallons of oil may
be obtained. from every bushel or So
pounds of corn. This oil is made from
the germ which is separated from the
rest of the kernel by ingenious ma
chinery. Corn oil Is used as q o
stock, sometimes also in the manufac.
ture of paint, ami is occasionally sent
abroad, and like our own cotton seed
oil, comes back to this country labeled
" olive OIL"
The residue of the corn germ, after
the oil has been extracted, is pressed
into a hard cake, as in the case of cot
ton seed meal, and this corr cake or
meal is used very exclusively by dairy
men.
A by-product of corn cake is Stub
Der substitute" There is a cake of
this article on exhibition. 1t is made
by some chemical process which Is as
yet quite expensive, but as soon as the
process can be slmplified, it is probable
that THE homemade rubber will enter
extensively into the manufacture of
rubber tires and other rubber goods,
for its oily nature would act as a pro-
lection to the natural rubber with
which the artificial would be mixed.
AS the supply of natural rubber is be-
coming of great value to the
of this country, these chemical formu-
lac are guarded religiously by the con-
Germs making the discoveries.
When the germ is extracted for oil
making, the bran is taken off and this
leaves the hard part of the kernel
which is used for making starch, glu-
cose, sugars, etc. Under the head of
starches comes pearl starch, used for
I" sizing" cloth; powdered starch for
confectioners; " refined grits" used by
brewers; confectionery starch for
"gum-drops," ETC.; laundry starch and
the "dextrine" products. These latter
are obtained by treating starch with
some kind of chemical producing SUBJ
stance which is used instead of gum
arabic by the United States govern
ment, the deXtrine making a service
able, cheap and non-poisonous paste,
such as ia found ON the back of stamps.
The glucose is q thick, gummy sub
stance, which Is used by the manu-
facturers of %jellies, etc, Several grades
of glucose may be obtained. One kind
ls used by lthe makers of syrups; an
other kind by brewers, and the crystal
glucose, which has something the APP
pearanCe of brown sugar, Is used by
confectloneers.
There are a number Of sacccharine
products. The anhydrous sugar is
nearly pure sugar, containing 81 pei
cent. of saccharine matter. II 10 used
in the manufacture of wine. There is
another grade of sugar which is used as
a base tor caramels and other sweet.
meats.
Glucose and sugar make up quite 9
respectable percentage of the corn ker.
mel and the work of extracting these
products Is quite a large industry
There is another corn product fol-
which Illinois is celebrated. 1t makes
a lot of whiskey. None of that article
is on exhibition, but there is one con
Germ in Peoria which last year paid tt
the United States $3G 100000 in re
venue on the corn spirits manufactured
there. The evenue is $1.10 u gallon
What an enormous output This corr
spirits is the base for making nearly al
other whiskey.
There is N other crop produc
which attracts much attentlon-the tn
BILE syrup. TO the semi-llquid or Wis
cous glucose is added a little cane syruI
or New Orleans lasses" as a flavor
ing, and a delightful table delicacy Ii
!, obtained.
This is wonderful age. An ay'
when chemists can extract from corr
the substance for table dellcacies ant
, the material for rubber shoes. An,
then by other processes they can make
table delicacies of old rubber shoes
and of table delicacies old rubber shoe,
might be made.
But this is not all of the greatness
, of Illinois. Messrs. Goebel and Cart
ner are very proud of their exhibit o
apples. 1t compares favorably will
+ that of Missouri. The southern par
of Illinois is given over to fruit raising
: Land is worth from $15 to $50 an acr,
there. In the corn belt, which is tn,
major part of the State, land is wortl
flom $50 to $3.50 an acre. These tw,
= gentlemen have done a lot of "mls
!, slonary work'' for corr since they hav,
been in South Carolina.