Search Tracker Outdoors Hunting Forum Partner Cottonseed C ottonseed is part of every Americans daily life. Cotton probably makes you think more of clothing materials and other usable cloth items.
Textiles are only part of the cotton industry.
Actually the cotton plant produces more food for man and animals than it does fiber for clothing. All elements of the seeds including linters, kernels, and hulls are used in consumer products. The development of the cottonseed industry had its beginning with the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. The cotton gin made large supplies of cotton seed available. One of the most common uses today for cottonseed is cottonseed oil and vegetable oil.