Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-03
COTTON-SEED OIL
Used for Cooking Purposes, Especially
In Making Bread. i'm 4 a. Parts OF
the limited states.
sardtnes Packed In II and Douxhnuts
Fried I'm ft-And ID Is Now the s-OIIve,
Oil or Commerce.

So rapid has been the increase in the ne
OF cotton-seed ell, even within the past al,
months. that an article giving sof1e fact
concerning this comparatively new produc
viii give some light 10 the general reader il
the Northern States, and m sections remo,
and especially during the DAYS of slavery
cotton was raised wholly for the fiber. an,
the seed was suffered 10 fall back to the eartf
and be almost wholly wasted. Today tb.
case is different. There are now about sew
eniy mills in the South which buy this seed
grind and press il, producing the raw oil and
me oll-eske, from which The cotton-seed
nearly 700,0 tons OF seed last year. takine
therefroni about 100000 gallons of oil
worth in the ghborhood of s.. 800. 600
WITHIN three or tour years the number OF
seed oil-mills has doubled and their ,,rod,e,
more than doubled. The business is also in.
creasing very rapidly.
1he principal use to which this cotton
SEED meal Is put is that of animal food.
dealers are very enthusiastic over il.
They claim that 100 pounds of cotton
| seed meal is equal TO 15O pounds of
cornmeal to feed to stock, 1t ia rich
IN fat-prodRcing Qualities, and also in
creases the flow of milk from COWS. Sheen
thrive on it. 1t is said that farmer in
Vermont fed over FIVE carloads of cotton
seed meal to flock of $500 sheep last win
ter, with very satisfactory results. But. after
all, our Northern stock has to Learn 10 like
It, the same as ccuntrymen have to learn 10
IKE oysters, the dealers say. but they soon
devour 1t with avidity. It is also claimed
that the manure produced BY animals fed
upon cotton-seed meal is greatly enriched.
Al any rate the manufacturers of artificial
ieriiilzers have adopted the idea, and pur-
chase large quantities of the meal to com
pound with their product. Cotton-seed meal
Is also used extensively as fertilizer in its
uncompounded state, and, it is claimed. with
excellent results. If one-half that is claimed
Tor cotton-seed meal be tribe, its future as an
agricultural product is brilliant one.
USES FOR THE OIL.
some oil The uses to which cotton-seed oil
Is being applied are certainly novel, il not
wonderful. In its crude state il is now used
extensively-it is hard to find out how ex-
fensively-as an adulterant for linseed oil. |
and, 1t is claimed by painters, with good |
results. But the uses for the oil refined are |
lar greater than In itn raw state. After re-
hning it IS worth 60@55c per gsllou, against |
aoc crude. The process OF refining is about
the same as that for other oils. Much of |
the residuum is forced down or precipitated
by The process of freezing in tin cans. The
OIL can also be bleached perfectly white or
clear in the sunlight. The residuum after
refining is used very largely az soap stock
~ the soap boilers. As burning oil it is
= !! to give good results, after refining; and
{ ID also Used az an adulterant in the various
PREPARATIONS OF refined petroleum oils.
mere are nine or ten concerns refining cot
on-seed oil In the country, and it ia
ana 10 at they can sell all they can make.
sui, our French cousins having set us bad
perhaps good-example in the use of
1 Sts on, we have not been slow TO follow it.
.hey first used it in the packing of sardines.
8 substitute for olive oil. Then our great /;
ardine establishments at Eastport Me
prung up, and with them a great demand
u oil to pack the little behring's in. Olive {
II, changed from cotton-seed oil in France I
Italy, costs too much. Now the sardine- :
lakers buy the refined eotton-seed oil out b
ght In this Country, and, it is said,
USE IT WITH GREAT SUCCESS
10 what extent this is done il is hard TO =
nd out; but, suppose cotton-seed oil refined
be worth sixty-five cents per gallon and | i.
q owe OIL "a, which would the Esstport y
ankee use to Try and pack eardines in, sun. |
'slng either would do? Indeed, it is de- :
AIRED that its use is almost universal in The e
lcking of sardines,
But we have made a step in advance of z
u FRENCH cousins, unless their cunning :,
oks have been deceiying US for some time !,
what they use. The bakers are using =.
ton seed oil. even in Boston. The ire e'
sndons prices OF both lard and butter n
llch prevailed in Boston-all over the -
untry for that matter-last winter made =,
bakers csst about for substitute. Re- ~
ed cotton-seed oil was offered them. Did a
y take IL? They don't like TO own il; n
rhaps each enc will deny it; but ask the 3
aiers who sell it to them, and they will q
re you their word of honor that il is being m
ensively sold TO these bakers for cooking ss
rposes. 1t is declared by certain dealers 90
It some bakers are using it 10 the extent 81
one-half their cooking, or half-and-half -
b lard or cooking butter. The bakers -.
o fry doughnuts, it is said, are using a W
al deal of cotton-seed oil or acottou but-
!" Hence the doughnuts you buy of the ~
Ter or the establishment which fries f. <,
% may be cooked in cotton seed "a. "a,
Suppose they aret Which do Won pr'
Ter? Your cooking done in oleom arga- c os
butter, made of tallow churned through or.
pped cows udder to make il taste like 81
Ter; your doughnuts fried in lard which
sndered by putting whole hog-a dozen
hem-into an immense revolving steam lal
and, after while, the lard is drawn off. ne'
not, and nothing Is left in the vat ex- Wis
teeth and bristles-wbich do you prefer, am
er and lard or refined cotton-seed oil? ele
all lard and butter is bad, of course, but Ism
u 1t is not to be trusted Neither is this ade
Gle written as puff for cotton-seed oil or sal
], but simply that the reader may get a Ion
or two, which the Consumers of this pro- I'M
would not readily give away. They ere.
ike to have it known. Old customs tan
strong, you know. wat