Corncobs -- Their Composition, Availability, Farm and Industrial Uses
Lathrop, E. C. ; Shollenberger, J. H.
1947

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Abstract

Excerpts from the report: This report contains information concerning the physical and chemical properties of cobs, their availability, their present farm and industrial uses, and some indications of future possibilities of utilization. From about 1937 to 1947 the industrial utilization of cobs increased from about 10,000 tons to 200,000 tons per year. During the war years about 40 to 50 plants processed cobs for various purposes.

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Title
Corncobs -- Their Composition, Availability, Farm and Industrial Uses
Author(s)
Lathrop, E. C.
Shollenberger, J. H.
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1947-12
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.337097
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337097
Language
English
Total Pages
56
Note
Excerpts from the Contents: Industrial uses based on physical properties: Corncob pipes -- Vinegar manufacture -- Chicken litter -- Fur cleaning -- Soft-grit blasting of metals -- Burnishing of metals -- Polishing agents -- Absorbents for oil and sweeping compounds -- Hand soap -- Packing material -- Uses with steel plate -- Asphalt shingles and roofing -- Uses in manufacture of bricks and ceramics -- Miscellaneous uses as a filler -- Cob flour as a filler in plastics -- For feed -- Mulch and litter -- Mushroom culture -- Oil-well drilling -- Uses for husks. Industrial uses based on chemical properties: Furfural -- Fermentable sugars, solvents, and liquid fuels -- Corncob lignin, uses -- Destructive distillation of cobs -- Heat and light on the farm from cob fermentation gases -- Producer and synthesis gas from cobs -- Pulp, paper, and board manufacture. [Supersedes ACE-190]
Series Statement
AIC-177
Record Appears in
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > USDA Miscellaneous

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