SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VIII. 707 



USES OF CORN 



Fkom Pennsylvania Bbilletin 133, by 



DSnyiTT C. WING. 



Corn is now used in the manufacture of a large variety of products. 

 The grain, cob, husks, stallvs and leaves are each devoted to some useful 

 purpose. The following is a list, complete s© far as the writer is aware, 

 o£ the prolucts now being made from corn without the use of any other 

 component material. The number of articles of commerce that are now 

 made from corn has reached twenty-nine. Glucose sugar refining com- 

 l>aBies alone manufacture this number of products, and th« number of 

 bushels of corn consumed annually by these factories in the United 

 States reaches far into the millions. Smokeless powder, which has 

 come into extensive use, is manufactured by tke aid of distilled spirits 

 made from corn. The list is as follows. 



Mixing glucose, of three kinds, used by refiners of table sirups, 

 Wrewers, leather manufacturers, jelly-makers, fruit preservers and apothe- 

 caries. 



Crystal glucose of four kinds, used by manufacturing confectioners. 



Grape sugar, of two kinds, used by brewers principally, and also by 

 tanners. 



Anhydrous sugar, used by ale and beer brewers and apothedaries. 



Pearl starch, used by ccltton and paper mills. 



Powdered starch, used principally by baking powder manufacturer! 

 and also by cotton and paper mills. 



Refined grits, used in place of brewings' grits, and give better satis- 

 faction. 



Flourine, used by mixers of flour without detriment, except as to the 

 feeling that a corn product is taking the place of a wheat product. 



Four kinds of dextrine, used by the fine fabric-makers, paper box 

 makers, mucilage and glue makers, apothecaries and many industries 

 requiring a strong adhesive agent. 



Corn oil, used by table oil mixers, lubricating oil mixers, manufact- 

 urers of fiber, shade cloth manufacturers, paint manufacturers, and in 

 many similar industries where vegetable oils are employed. 



Corn oil cake, gluten feed, chop feed and gluten meal, all cattle feed- 

 ing stuffs of a high grade. 



Rubber substitute, a substitute for crude rubber, and very extensively 

 ttsed. 



Corn germ, the n»iterial from which the oil and cake are obtained. 



British gum, a starch which makes a very adhesive medium and Is 

 used by textile mills for running their colors, as well «* by manufacturers 

 who require a very strong adhesive which contains no acid. 



Granulated gum, which competes with gum arable, is msed success- 

 fully in its place and finds ready preference by reason of the absence of 

 any offensive odor. 



