Word: maizewood
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...being made into board called Celotex, which is used as the plaster base and insulator. Reversing the old order, sugar is now the by-product in some places where cane is planted to yield the board material. Cornstalks are used to produce paper and a kind of lumber, "Maizewood"' (TIME, Dec. 24, 1928). Straw, virtually valueless as a fertilizer. has always been a problem. Farmers burn a large percentage of the 50 million tons produced each year. Some is being used (250.000 tons) to produce an insulating board whose heat conductivity is comparable to balsa wood and cork. Also...
...company plans a chain of mills in corn states where farmers can sell their stalks for $3 or more per ton. Already Iowa and Illinois farmers are getting $10 per ton for stalks delivered to Maizewood Products Corp. in Dubuque, which has sold its plant to the new company...
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