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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Prepare to Handle 



1930 Soybean Crop 



Contemplate Substantial Advance 

 to Grower on Delivery of Beans 



CHlC.\«iO CEXTIHY OF PROGKESS Bl IMJINGS IXSILATE HOOFS 

 WITH CORNSTALK BOARIJ 

 ' AhoT« in a Tienr of the eaxt fnrnile of thr AdniiniKtration baildloK at Chl- 

 <^aKO*N coniinic Century of ProKreHN Exiioxltion. >vith Uk terrnreH NteppinK donn 

 tf> the edK of the n-ater in the north liiicoon. 



The roof of the Travel and Transport bnildlnK. xiMler to the AdniiniKtration 

 bullilinK alone 4>overK approximately Ave aerex in areii. The rof»fN of both bnild- 

 incH nili be inMulnled nith Mnizevvood nianuf.irtnred from rornstailvH by the poni- 

 pany with nhioh GeorRre .\'. Peek, ex-<>OT. Frank O. Lovvden, Chester C. UaviH 

 and otherx are axNoeiated. 



Cornstalk Finds Place In New 

 t Chicago World's Fair Buildings 



THE lowly cornstalk, long considered 

 a nuisance on many farms, will 

 come into its own at the 193 3 Century 

 of Progress Exposition, otherwise known 

 as the Chicago World's Fair. Insula- 

 tion board manufactured from corn- 

 stalks has been selected to insulate the 

 roofs of the Administration building 

 and the Travel and Transport building, 

 both of which are now being erected 

 on the Chicago lake shore, southeast of 

 the Field Museum. 



A trainload of cornstalks purchased 

 from Iowa and northwestern Illinois 

 farms was used in manufacturing the 

 roof insulation which has ben ordered 

 for these two buildings. The roof of 

 the Travel and Transport building 

 alone has a spread of about five acres, 

 which will be covered with an inch- 

 thick blanket of Maizewood, the .corn- 

 stalk insulation board. 



The total roofing order calls for 

 460,000 square feet of one-half inch 

 insulation, which is being shipped to 

 Chicago from the cornstalk insulation 

 board factory at Dubuque, Iowa. 



Factory at Dubuque 



The pioneer work in the development 

 of insulation from cornstalks was done 

 at the Iowa State College, by Dr. O. R. 

 Sweeney, chief of the chemical engi- 

 neering department. The Maizewood 

 Products Corporation established its 

 factory at Dubuque, Iowa, for the 

 practical application of Dr. Sweeney's 

 discoveries. Last year a controlling in- 

 terest in the Maizewood Products Cor- 

 poration was acquired by a strong 



group of middle west business men, 

 primarily for the purpose of assisting 

 to bring about the widespread use of 

 cornstalks for building and industrial 

 purposes, and to develop this as a source 

 of new income for cornbelt farmers. 



The group includes former Governor 

 Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, George 

 N. Peek, William V. Kelley, Joseph E. 

 Otis, E. V. R. Thayer, Frank H. 

 Woods, Chester C. Davis, and many 

 others, including executives of Inter- 

 national Harvester Company, Deere & 

 Company, and business and agricultural 

 leaders of Iowa. This company was 

 incorporated as National Cornstalk 

 Processes, Inc., with the intention of 

 developing the manufacture, not only 

 of insulation material, but other prod- 

 ucts and by-products. 



Stalks Are Baled 



The cornstalks which go into Maize- 

 wood are purchased widely over Iowa 

 and Northern Illinois, baled and trans- 

 ported to Dubuque for manufacture. 

 About 20,000 tons of cornstalks a year 

 are required for the capacity of the 

 Dubuque plant. A careful preliminary 

 study in advance of the formation of 

 National Cornstalk Processes, Inc., re- 

 sulted in the conclusion that the field 

 for insulating material, synthetic lum- 

 ber, and related products, would prove 

 broad enough to lead to the establish- 

 ment of a number of siu;h factories 

 throughout the cornbelt, whose aggre- 

 gate expenditure for raw material 

 would constitute an important addition 

 to agriculture's income. 



PLANS for handling the 1930 soy- 

 bean crop are rapidly being formu- 

 lated by officers and directors of the 

 Soybean Marketing Association. 



Arrangements are being made to se- 

 cure storage for the soybeans owned 

 by the 2,200 members, pending their 

 sale. The association also has taken 

 steps to secure finances to advance the 

 growers when their beans are delivered 

 to the elevators. 



It is contemplated that beans will be 

 delivered to the local elevator in each 

 community where there are members of 

 the association. The elevator will re- 

 ceive, weigh and grade beans, and pay 

 the advance to the grower. It is ex- 

 pected that not more than four or five 

 cents per bushel will be paid the ele- 

 vator for the service. The soybean pro- 

 ducers in each community will make 

 all arrangements with their own ele- 

 vators for the service and establish a 

 charge fair to both. 



Processors Not Ready 



Processors are not yet in a position to 

 handle beans and the association will be 

 ready to take over the crop and handle 

 it when the members deliver. The 

 scarcity of feed and the fact that both 

 the soybean and flax crops have been 

 injured by the drouth has placed the 

 new co-operative in a favorable posi- 

 tion for marketing its first crop. 



The amount of the first payment has 

 been discussed informally with Vice- 

 Chairman James C. Stone of the Fed- 

 eral Farm Board, but has not been 

 definitely decided. Mr. Stone spent 

 several hours in the I. A. A. office in 

 Chicago before leaving for Monmouth 

 and Jacksonville where he addressed 

 district Farm Bureau picnics. 



The soybean advisory counsels in the 

 various counties are being asked to fur- 

 nish information regarding the number 

 of acres each county will have to mar- 

 ket as commercial beans, the probable 

 yield per acre, and the elevator to 

 which the beans will be delivered. 



"The August number of the I. 

 A. A. RECORD struck me as be- 

 ing one of the best numbers you 

 have ever published. It is good 

 from front cover to the back 

 cover. It presents a large amount 

 of information about a wide va- 

 riety of subjects, and in an effective 

 w^ay. 



"I w^ish to congratulate you." 

 C. C. BURNS, Adviser, 

 Champaign County Farm Bureau. 



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