SILK OUT OF PEANUTS
i Peanuts are more valuable, than 'some people 'think. At any rate the shell is valuable for in recent years scientists have discovered that the husks mixed with cement streng--9 then concrete blocks; and expert ments have gone to show that when made into pulp they can be tra lis-. formed into silk or synthetic wool. There are, so many other uses for the shells that it is not surprising to learn that the outsides of peanuts are now as valuable as the inskles.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 6
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88SILK OUT OF PEANUTS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 38, 9 January 1945, Page 6
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