Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-04

This is an age Of machinery, not only
for the saving Of labor, but for the
utilization Of heretofore wasted ma
t%erlals, so that from crude substances
a very high X Of finished prod
ucts ready Tor the market are being
secured. The United states produces
the corn used by the civilized world,
there being raised over 2,U0O,OOO,OOJ
bushels on S0,OOO,OOO acres each year.
This enormous crop, under present
methods of utilization, is raised en-
tirely for the kernels. After the ear
has been husked the balance of the
plant, except a small per cent of the
fodder saved for feed of stock, is
When it is considered that the great
est crop in the temperate zone is only
one half used and the other half
wasted, while II can be turned into
food, paper and other products of great
value, some conception can be formed
OF the enormous business opportunity
there is in the field Of utilizing wasted
corn sta.ks-ten times greater oppor-
tunities than utilization of formerly
wasted cotton seed, for whose annual
crush 400 mills are used, employing a
capital OF nearly one hundred million
uollars ana giving employment to $1,000
men.
Such machines to save the corn
Stalks from waste in a practical way,
by thrift, intelligence and sound bust
ness methods, together with the pro-
cesses used in the development, have
been invented, perfected and patented
- a WI VI III
cago, for the complete utilization of
the component parts of the Indian
oorn plants so that each part may be
utilized. These patents covering the
machinery, together with those pat
ented pending on the processes for
uumzing the shell and pith Of the corn
stalk IN making ape and paper
box boards and other finished prod
ucts, have been secured by the
National Fiber and CeIIuIose Co.,
incorporated under the laws of Della
ware with a capital of $1,000 ,O0C, d.
yided into shares Of $40 each, full paid
this, IT will organize local companies
throughout the corn belt to operate
plants under its patents and with Its
machinery; 1t will build mills for man
pIacIurlng pulp, paper, paper box
boards and cellulose compounds; IT
Will establish and operate such fac
tories and agencies as will best con-
vert the raw parts into most profit
able finished products.
Great Waste IN the Corn belt,
In the states of Ohio, Indiana, uli-
nols, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska ana
kansas there are over nifty million
tons OF the corn plant wasted annu-
lily; The other corn growing states
produce and waste |. like proportion.
pest Judgment Of any thinking man
mat machinery and processes with
wnleh this enormous waste can be
prontably utilized in so practical a
manner are a part of the great in
Ventions of the age and will add
vastly to the wealth Of the country.
PROFIT to Both Farmer and Manu-
~facturer.
For the successful operation of
these methods for utilizing all parts
sential: First, the farmer should re-
ceiVe a profit on all the CROP mol
only in the ars, as heretofore, but on
the leaves, husks, shell and pith.
second, the manufacturer who ma aG
usetul the waste part of the corn
crop must likewise receive a profit on
In order to make this additional profit,
need make no changes in planting,
euItivaung or harvesting his corn
of his field instead of the ears only.
De-Pithing Plants.
The average de-pithing plant will
consist of ten or more machines, with
automatic conveyors for transferring
the materials from, the farmers
t TSesS SfaG * the vs de5ipithing s machines or
CINE and boiler capacity to operate the
machinery, all Of which will be
housed in substantial buildings.
The de-pithing machine Will, when
stalks are fed to 1t, snap of the ears
and drop them on the husking rolls,
chine. The husking rolls husk he
ears delivering them to a conveyor,
and the husks which cling to the
will be drawn OF by another con-
yeyor. The husked ears of corn the
farmer may remove to his crib or de-
liver to his merchant, or this COM
Pany Will be prepared to purchase IL
from him at the market price. or
store 1t for him, whichever he may de-
sire. AS the stalk passes on through
the machine such of the husks as
adhere to the stalk, together with the
leaves on the stalk, are next stripped
on inc likewise drawn from the ma
chlne by a conveyor, Thus stripped
Of the ears, husks. leaves and dirt.
the clean stalk next passes into the
ue-pithing section of the machine,