Piijie Eight 



THE L A. A. RECORD 



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Cornstalk Finds Place In New 



Chicago World's Fair Buildings 



TI ir lowK" coiiT-t.ilk, long cuiisidciL'cl 

 .1 mii'-.incc on m.my t.irms, will 

 ciimc iiUo it^ own at llic iy3.> CAimiiv 

 iif Piogivvs .Hxposition, oiIktw I'm- known 

 .IS ihf C~hic.ij;o Vi'orkrs I .nr. Insiil.i- 

 lion bo.irJ mnnuf.icturi.i.i Jroni coin- 

 ■•lalks li.!s hi'cn sclccttil to nisul.iti.- tlu 

 i(K)ls ot tlic AJministr.ition buildini; 

 .'.nJ tlu' TiMVi.1 .vnd Transport building, 

 boili ot which an.' now btins; erected 

 on I he C^liic.ii^o lake shore, soiuiieasl ot 

 the 1 ielil Museiini. 



A trainloatl ot cornstalks purciiased 

 Ironi Iowa mii.\ northwestern Illinois 

 I arms was used in maiuitacturini; the 

 root insulation which has ben ordered 

 tor tiiesi- two buiidinj;s. The root of 

 the Travel and Transport buildiiii; 

 done has a spread ot alxuit five acres, 

 which will be covered « ith .\n inch- 

 thick blanket of Mai/ewooil. the corn- 

 stalk insvilation board. 



The total roolin;; order sails for 

 4fii».ooi) s,)uare feet of one-half inch 

 insulation, which is beinj; shipped to 

 ( hicai;o trom the cornstalk insulation 

 boaril taetor\ .it DubiK^ue, Iowa. 



F.ictory at Dubuque 



11k pioneer work m tlu dcxelopment 

 ol ii^il.ition from ct)rnstalks was done 

 at the b)wa State Collei;e, b\ Dr. O. R. 

 Sxycenex , chief of the clumical eni;i- 

 neerini; department. Tin. .\lai/ew ood 

 Proikicis C'orporation established its 

 tactorv at Dubuque. Iowa, tor the 

 practical .ipplication of Dr. Sweenev's 

 discoveries. 1 ast year a controlling; in- 

 terest in the .\!ai/ewood Products Cor- 

 poration was aci]uired b\ a strons; 



uroup ot middle west business men, 

 primariK for the purpose of assistinj; 

 to brinj; about the widespread use of 

 cornstalks for buildinj; and industrial 

 purposes, and to de\ elop this as a source 

 of new income tor cornbelt farmers. 



The i.;roup includes former Cjovernor 

 I rank O. low den ot Illinois. Georj;e 

 X. Peek. William V. Kellev, Joseph F. 

 Otis, 1.. \'. R. Thaxer,' Frank H. 

 Woods, Chester C. Davis, and main' 

 others, includins; executives of Inter- 

 national I larvester Company, Deere & 

 Company, and business and aj;ricultur,il 

 leaders ot Iowa. This conipam was 

 incorporated as National C^ornstalk 

 Processes, Inc., with the intention of 

 developmj; the manufacture, not onl\' 

 of insulation material, but other prod- 

 ucts anil by-products. 



Stalks Are B.iled 



The cornstalks which i;o into Mai/e- 

 w ood are purchased widely over Iowa 

 and Xorthern Illinois, baled and trans- 

 ported to Dubuque for manufacture. 

 About 2().<M)(l tons of cornstalks a year 

 are required for the capacity of the 

 I^ubuqiie plant. A careful preliminary 

 stud\ in advance of the formation of 

 National Cornstalk Processes, Inc., re- 

 sulted in the conclusion that the tield 

 for insulatins; material, s\nthetic lum- 

 ber, and related products, would prove 

 broad enou!;h to lead to the establish- 

 ment of a number of sush factories 

 throujjhout the cornbelt, whose ai;<;re- 

 j;ate expenditure for raw material 

 would constitute an important addition 

 to agriculture's income. 



Prepare to Handle 



1950 Soybean Crop" 



Contemplate Subst.nntial Advance 

 to Grower on Delivery of Beans 



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PI AXS for handling the 1930 soy- 

 bean crop are rapidly being formu- 

 lated b\ officers and directors of the 

 So\ bean Marketing Association. 



Arrangements are being made to se- 

 cure storage for the soybeans owned 

 by the 2,200 members, pending theii 

 sale. The association also has taken 

 steps to secure finances to ad\ance the 

 growers when their beans are delixered 

 to the elevators. 



It is contemplated that beans w ill be 

 tlelivered to rlie local ele\ ator in each 

 connnunitv where there are members of 

 the association. The elevator will re- 

 ceive, weigh and grade beans, and pa\ 

 the adxance to the grower. It is ex- 

 pectetl that ndt more than four or hvi. 

 cents per bushel will be paid the ele- 

 vator for the ser\ ice. The soybean pro- 

 ducers in each communitv 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 vet in a position lo 

 handle beans and the association will bi. 

 readv- to take over the crop and handle 

 it when the members deliver. The 

 scarcity of teoil and the fact that both 

 the soybean and tlax crops have been 

 injured bv the drouth has placed the 

 new co-operative in a favorable posi- 

 tion for marketing its first crop. 



The amounrof the first payment has 

 been discussed informally with \'ice- 

 Chairm.in James C. Stone of the Fed- 

 eral I arm Board, but has not been 

 dehnitelv' decided. Mr. Stone spent 

 several hours in the I. A. A. ottice in 

 Chicago before leaving for .Monmouth 

 and Jacksonville where he addressed 

 district I arm ]5ureau 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 ni.ir 

 ket as commercial beans, the probable 

 V ield per acre, anil the elevator to 

 w hich 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 

 ■way. 



"I wish to congratulate you." 

 C. C. BURNS, Adviser, 

 Champaign County Farm Bureau. 



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