Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-12-22
FIND NEW USE FOR CORN EVERY
YEAR.

Corn is the King of the grains in
the number of bushels produced and
in all around usefulness. 1t is the
foundation for the 1--we sock hog in
duStry in the United States, especial
" hog raising, says Farming Machin-
cry.
Corn is used directly for food by
thousands of persons in the forum OF
corn bread, hominy and many excel
lent dishes. Indirectly it Is the food
for the entire meat eating world, but,
aside from its food uses, there are
many others that many persons have
never heard about.
Every year some new use is found
for conn., In the old days there were
only two ways to dispose of ito
feed it to cattle and, in the shape Of
corn meal, to some people. TIE meal
had to be for local consumption, be-
cause when made, as it then was,
from the whole kernel, it soon became
rancid.
From the germ, which is separated
from the kernal in the milking pro-
cess, the oil is extracted by chemical
and mechanical processes, and coHsttl
tudeS a product which is coming in
to use in the manufacture of PAIN.
The vulcanized oil is used exclusive
ly in surfacing l!nOleum and oilclJ,h
and is applied TO a number of cher
purposes. After the oil is extracted
trine of several kinds, used extensive
known as corn Oilcake, which is sold
here and abroad and is used i'm the
fattening of sheep and other animals.
A corn product which lis coming
into extensive use is glucose, made
from starch, water and sulphuric acid
Confectoners use large quantities of
glucose, which is a colOrless, swee =
ish syrup useful as food when prop
erly taken.
From corn starch also comes deX-
stamp one gets taste of dextrine,
ly i'm the making of glue, paste ard
mucilage. When one lcks a postage
stamp one gets a taste of deXtrin,
favored often WITH some harmless
preServatiEe.
One other use of corn may be men
toned as in all probability having
an Important bearing on future in
dus.rial pursuits. Denatuned alcohol
is already extensively manufactured
from corn, both at home and abroad.
Experiments conducted here and
abroad demonstrated that bulkheads
constructed of corn stalks we're near
ly imperviOus to water when sho.
passed through them. Some of the
largest ships are now protected with
a belt of corn ce,lulOse, made largely
from corn grown in the Ohio Valley.
The same material, or modified forms
Of it, is used in the manufacture of
high explosives, such as gunco.ron ant
smokeless powder.
PyrOxyln varntsh, another material
made from cellulose, is a very useful
product manufactured in connection
with the other products just mention
ed.
From time 70 time the atten-
ton Of the country has been directed
toward the vanishing supply Of wood
for the manufacture Of paper or paper
pulp. Various attempts have been
made to manufacture paper from
other materials, and a good many
years ago samples Of fine paper were
produced from cornstalks. The pro
ceSses as followed were, however. not
economical, so that the work was
abandoned. More recently new light
l1cs been thrown on the subject
through improved methods and pro
ceSseS.
Like the grain, the stalks contain
= number OF products which can be
separated under proper processes II
s 5esl demons rSted that a form
u low graGe molaSses can be taken
tnom the cornstalhs without In any