@article{Lathrop:337097,
      recid = {337097},
      author = {Lathrop, E. C.  and Shollenberger, J. H.},
      title = {Corncobs -- Their Composition, Availability, Farm and  Industrial Uses},
      address = {1947-12},
      number = {1962-2023-864},
      series = {AIC-177},
      pages = {56},
      year = {1947},
      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]},
      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.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337097},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.337097},
}