The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-05


eight cc1s pound. tnr result OF Che I
new fnm operation tuUl promises .
great RESULTS. 10 Is farm m1tigr |
that 10 nc uso of suIEs Tor paper roe |
suits IN DC FARMER having h,s corn f.
huskcd ig So 1000 aero Instead OF three +.
cents . n.NeI HuI u having gathered f.
into he barn aH lHr fodder tult is F.
really do.uuie ios feeding purposes |
For ygu inn paper manufacturers .
have Known Goa, thr o0rusUh pro.
duccs Cher .mt is valuable for paper
making purposes. but 900 to year ar
80 ago hry were no loss To- know
| how 20 Woa 10 to advantage. no coos
the shell of ihc gorustUlg 90 the porp.
cr consistency would overlook the
plth. Neither could the leaves or the
husks hl cooked with the stalk with
out spoAng some component rnrt
Aboui clut years ago George Il.
Sherwood. OF kearucy, Neba began
/ giving DE subject of utilizing corn-
stalks considerable thought From his
scat IN railroad ear he looked out
over The great wastes OF corustalks
and trN TO figure out the solution OF
putting them to valuable use Later
he Consulted q Chicago chemist named
william loskins. and the two set TO
work 90 devise plan by which the
1 she'll OF the cornstulk and the pi,h
could he pre-, AIRED for paper making
sepaniely. 10 do this it would be
necessary to separate the pith from
the shell, and It would have to be done
by machinery A scor, or more Of
such machines were Experimental
with.
Abouta year ago q piece OF mechan-
Ism was completed nnd set to work,
with The result that nearly 100 tons
OF the ne grades OF paper have been
made nom stalks that grew IA Kan
kakee County, IN. The quality OF this
paper 4 such as 10 make !, available
for neatly all the purposes OF u print
er or bookmakcr. The character OF
the plth production Is slightly diner
emit from that OF the shell. one grade
OF Il has been found desirable for
grocers use in covering ] rd or butter.
A large proportion OF the paper that
has been made came from the 1908
crop OF eornstalks.
IL was first thought best to induce
the famer 10 haul bis corn fodder 20
4 the plant In Knnkakee, nave the corn
husked and then hauling the leaves
and the husks back 70 the farm for
feeding purposes. superintendent NIL
Ter OF the factory, howevo-. believed
there was u much better plan. one
that was calculated 70 enlist the CO.
operation on the farmers. iic perfect
ed machine, the province OF which
is 10 be haued to the farm. set M
near the barn and then haul the shock'
OF fodder to the machine, just as the
thrashlng people haul oat or other
grain. The fodder Is feG into the ma
chine swiftly driven ~ steam power
The first act OF the contriyance Il
10 snap OF the ears OF the cornstall
and TO drop them into a doble con
yeyor. which carries the ears alonl
endways. SHINING OH the husks al
they pass along Scarcely a Shire,
Is left or an ear. the great bull
OF the yellow ears coming out with
out a yestlge OF their former covering
What little Smelling Ii done In the op
GRAFTON the machine saves the grain
and deposits them In n l5x at the side
The ears are run 10y machinery int,
a wagon box. In which they are haule,
away.
After having clipped on the ear
the machine runs the stalks to In
rear. doposlting them side by side on
table. Automatically the machine roll
them Into a bundle tibet Is pushed int
binder operated ON the same prin
ciple as that OF The binding machln
cry Of harvester. Tue bundle o
stalks, as clean as fish poles, is tie,
with a hemp cord and dropped to tn
side Of the machine.
The leaves and husks OF the fodde
are dropped on an endless belt tina
carries them TO the mouth OF Il blow
pipe. thu function OF which Is 10 blow
this material into the barn Of the farm
or, who inds In II some Of the zines
feed stun that his farm produces.
For thus husking his corn and blow
ing the ptrt ut for "attle feed int
the barn the farmer pays the machine
man 81 an acre and turns over TN
stalks to the latter free OF charge. tn
machine win clean up six acres o
about 1870 shocks corn a day.
The smlks, which have now becomt
the properly OF the husker, are haulet
or shipped to the plant at Kankake,
and are conveyed TO an upper room
where they are fed into machine
that separates the pith from bhe shel
OF the stalk. Two knives that 6rl
driven at great speed saw the pill
from the stalk that has been ROLLED
fiat, so that every particle Of the pill
has been taSen out The plth II
dropped mo one bin aud the shell intC
another
They are baied separately and
shipped 10 the paper factory In Maine
where each Is treated according u q
particular process In making paper.
At hrst the husklr and depithini
machines ere combined In one, th,
first idea being to brlni ~. Aa rod
der to the plant m It WIS found
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