Business & Finance: Corn Products

It is a far cry to the day when Western farmers burned their surplus corn for fuel. Today, even the waste products of the corp crop are utilized in as thorough a manner as Chicago packers devised for dealing with hogs and cattle years ago.

Altogether, some 146 articles are made from the corn plant, including axle grease, face powder, shoe heels, cigaret holders, gunpowder, incense, phonograph records, shaving soap, shoe horns, varnish.

The corn crop is greater in value than any other grown in this country. About 40% is fed to swine on...

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