Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-27
KING C0RN'S GREAT FRONT.
Expansion in Quality, Quantity and
~ Wider Activities.
MANY STRANGE USES FOUND
By-Prodncts Enter Into Multitude
Manufactures. from Rubber Boots
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billions should revel in discussing the corn
crop. Com was the gift NJ the new world
20 the old. Il probably originated In Mexico
or down there somewhere. Now it is grown
all over the world and the average annual
crop r. about 4OCOOOOOoO bushels The
United States furnishes two-thirds OF that
total
Every year some new use is found for
corn IN the old DAYS there were only two
ways 20 dispose OF II, TO feed II 20 cattle,
and, in the shape Of corn meal. TO some
people. The meal had to be made for local
consumption. because, when made as it
then was, from the whole kernel. IL soon
became rancid. Modern machinery removes
the germ, IN which most OF the oil Is, and
which. therefore. caused the spelling. and
that has made Il possible 70 keep and to
ship the meal
immense quantities Of this meal are now
sold abroad, our exports Of It amounting
annually TO 800 900 barrels, with value OF
sg5O0OOO. II IL mixed with other kinds OF
flour and baked into a very nutritious
bread
From the germ, which Is separated from
the kernel IN the milling process, the oil is
extracted BY chemical and mechanical pro-
cesses and constitutes q product which IS
coming into use IN tho manufacture OF
paint; II is also applied 20 other purposes
Nearly aVJV,VUU R1llOuH OF corn OIL are pro-
duced IN this country annually. The oil en-
ters into tho manufacture Of a number OF
products containing rubber The cheaper
grades OF rubber tires, hot water bags, NIB
Der gloves, boots, etc., are manufactured
from mixture Of the corn oil and rubber
The vuicnnised oil IL used extensively IN
surfacinE iinolaum and oiloloth, and r. APP
piled to q number Of other purposes, After
the oil is extracted there In left q valuable
rssiduum known e. corn oil cake, which is
sold extensively abroad and IL used IN the
fattening Of sheep and other animals.
Nearly 6O,0o0000 pounds Of this material are
yearly shipped to Great Britain and Ger
many. and there used BY thrifty farmers,
who find Il cheaper than materials OF q
similar nature which they can grow at
home.
Large quantities Of corn, mostly Of the
best grades are made into tour, starch,
grits and flakes, The flour proper is form
of starch prepared by washing the ground
grain with weak alkau solutions, thus re-
moving nearly everything except the pure
starch grains. BY mechanical and chemical
processes the starch. which forms more
than half the corn grain. Is separated from
the other parts OF the grain and constitutes
q very important item Of manufacture.
In the production OF starch certain by
products are secured one OF which Ia
gluten. This gluten, mixed with fibrous
material from the grain. 10 ground into
meal and cold for feeding live stock, espe-
cElly mlloh cows.
Corn flakes are made from Rrits previ-
ousY prepared from good white corn and
then saltSd and suEared These Erits are
cooked by steam, dried and rolled into
flakes or waters and Drowned In q special
form Of oven.
corn product which ID coming into eN-
teLBivs use is glucose, made from starch
water and sulphurlo acid. Confectoners
suse large quantities OF glucose. which IL
-tcOlOrleas, sweetItN strip useful as food
when properly atsNsn. Nearly 100000, 900
pounds Of glucose are sent out OF this
country each year TO ell parts OF the
world.
From corn starch also comes dextrin OF
several kinds, used extensively In the max
ing Of glue, paste and mugiIRge, When one
Aoks postage stamp one gets taste Of
dextrin, Favored often with some harmless
n preservauve
~ Thers are many other special products
made from the grain OF eorn either directly
OF indirectly-so many, In fact, that Il
would not be practicable even to attempt
4 10 enumerate them.
one other use Of corn may be mentioned
as IN ali probability having An important
bearing ON future industrial pursuits. De-
natured alcohol IL already extensively man
ufactursd from corn, both at heme and
abroad, Despite the advancing price Of the
grain II is stu one OF the most economical
sources Of g product which under different
legal restrictions from those now In exist
enoe may become important Is a source of
heat light and power In homes, especially
farm homes
Utilizing the staIL,
Ia aFlH Ia
tehuOn has been given 80 the utilization Of
the parts OF the corn plant other than the
Brain, Large quantities OF corn stalks are
harvested and used each year IN the east
ern United states and certain parts of the
south as fodder or rough forage, Attempts
have been made st various times and with
various devices to utilize the greater por-
tlon OF this valuable material by sRreadins
and preserving II In dry form,
These methods have not as yet proved
entirely successful, so that the most ad-
vantRgoous way Of preserving corn fodder
az the present time Is the rather primitive
one OF leaving it IN comparatively small
stacks or shocks outdoors, Little or no
attempt, however Is made on the part OF
farmers In the great corn growing states
to preserve their fodder, or untillze II IN
any way eXCeupt TO turn their animals
upon Il after the ears have been harvested
was aroused IN cornstallks through the
utilization or the pith az a material for
the construction Of battle ships. IsargJ
- factories were established In parts Of the
west whore natural advantages were al
hand for the rapid and cheap accumula.
ton OF the stalks, BY special machinery
the pith was separated and manufactured
Into blocks OF almost pure celluiose.
Extensive experiments conducted her,
and abroad demonstrated that bulkheadl
constructed OF this material were nearb
impervlous 20 water when n shot passed
through them. Some OF the largest BATH,
ships are now protected with a belt OF oorr
With Celluiose largoly made from corr
grown IN the Ohio valley. The same ma
terial or modified forms Of Il are uset
IN tho manufacture Of hiEh explosives
such as guneotton and smokelsss powder
PyroXylin varnish, another material mad,
from cellulose, IL a very useful produe
manufactured IN connection with the othe
products just mentioned,
From time 10 time the attention Of m
country has been directed toward the van