The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-09-19

grits, corn flour and special brands of
concentrated stock feed. The hominy
mills consume large quantities of
corn. Many breakfast foods are now
manufactured from corn. Some of the
best pancake flour contain a liberai
amount of corn -four a blending of
wheat flour and corn -four make a
better quality of bread, many believe,
than straight wheat -four, but the
blending privilege was abused and it
is no longer possible to obtain the
mixture that was on the market a
| few years ago.
A judicious blending gives not only
a better bread, but cheaper bread.
This is an important subject, one that
the Exposition will illustrate and the
producer of grain. the miller and the
consumer desires to know more about
it.
The glucose industry is probably
the largest individual market for
corn. Twelve factories consume from
10000, 900 to 50,000.000 bushels of
corn per annum. Some of the fac
tories grind 80 cars-a train load-of
corn in "a hours.
Until recently the glucose industry
devoted most of its attention to the
manufacture of starch and starch pro-
| ducts. Starch is worth from $500
to $1,000 per ton Corn oil is worth
from $500 to s105.00 per ton. The
| process of extracting the oil from the
| kernel of corn is of comparatively re-
cent development Oil to the value
of about 10 cents per bushel is now
| extracted from the kernel.
From corn oil such products as I'm
seed oil substitute. oil for soap max.
ing-a vegetable oil instead of filthy
offal grease which was formerly used
by some manufacturers, also phar.
maceutical glycerine. nitroglycerin.
smokeless powder. and by a refining
process a splendid substitute for olive
| OIL
One of the most valuable and In
teresting products is vulcanized corn
ola rubber substitute which may
be used instead of Para rubber. except
| where tensile strength is needed. This
rubber is used for insulating wires as
| a non-conductor of electricity and In
| the manufacture of linoleums, oil
! cloth window shades, cushion pack
ing. waterproof cloth, and in the
manufacture of rubber boots and
| shoes, when properly blended
Starch forms the basis of gigantic
| lines of manufacture. The potato
crop of New York state formerly fur.
nished large part of the raw ma
| terial for the starch industry, but to-
day the corn crop furnishes most OF
the worlds supply. From starch.
glucose is made. Glucose is pure.
wholesome, healthful food. which en-
tiers into food products consumed
| daily i'm most homes. Glucose sugar
| is extensively used iRthe manufac-
ture of high-grade wines and beer,
because it is sweet and does not re-
vert or 'go back to sugar" 1t does
not have a granular crystal Of its own
| and therefore. when corn sugar Is
| once dissolved and remains in the
liquir instead of settling TO the bot
tom, as would be the case with cane
or beet sugar. Glucose does not have
| a flavor of its own and therefore lends
itself readily for blending purposes.
| For this reason, glucose is often
abused by improper adulteration.
Commercial preserving and canning
l al. To- Toe
of glucose and glucose sugar. Some
of the cheapest and some of the very
best candy is manufactured largely
from glucose and glucose products.
| Starch also furnishes the basis for
| deytrine and dextrose manufacture.
Dextrose is frequently used in the
preparation of special foods for in
fants and inyalids, as 1t is easily
I, assimulated and digested and is also
nourishing.
Dextrine is a sticky substance such
as you can find when you have licked
postage stamp. Dextrine enters
into many glutinous compositions
where adhesiveness is desired. such
as in the manufacture of gum paste,
british gum. library paste. gummed
paper and in the manufacture of en-
velopes. paper bags, boxes and by
proper blending also yeneering. A
dextrine composition Is also used as
mordant in stamping figures and
colors in the manufacture of Bingham
and calico.
Most homes and many lines OF bust.
ness find some of these products en-
tering into everyday use.-Farm and
Stock.
The main causes for sickness in
poultry are bad doors, impure food
and water. decaying matter within
reach, old bones, tin cans not rinsed