Excerpt from The Foreign Agricultural Research Grant Program of the United States Department of Agriculture Cotton: (1) Chemical and physical modification of cotton fibers and textiles to meet various industrial and household requirements. (2) Determination of the effects of finishing agents upon such fabric characteristics as resilience, crease-resistance, elasticity, draping and non-soiling properties. (3) Basic studies designed to increase the efficiency of processing cotton and to improve the quality of cotton products. Fats and Oils: (1) Chemical conversion of vegetable oils to intermediates suitable for large-volume use in plastics, lubricants, and rubber-like materials. (2) Chemical conversion of inedible animal fats to synthetic resins, plastics, plasticizers, detergents, emulsifiers, water-repellent modifiers, lubricants, and other industrial products. (3) The development of methods for producing new, highly-stable edible fats having a wide range of physical properties and market applications. (4) The development of new non-food uses for the proteins contained in vegetable oilseeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.