The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-03-10
[Chicago Tribune.]

AS is generally Known the seeds oi
plants contain more or less oil, stored
up, apparently, to protect the embryo
from moisture and thus preserve the
life of the seed until the proper time for
cerminaiian arrives. Several irnits
contain large percentages of Oil; for
Instance, the olive and the palm. Oh
is storsG up also i'll greater or less guam
titles in the leaves Of many plants and
in the petals OK nlany Hcwcrs. Every
one knows the oil g! peppermint, the
oil of Nintergreeu, the oil! of roses, and
the OF! Of verhena. But the principal
store houses Of vegetable oil are the
seeds. Beans and nuts may be ;nciu-
ted under the term seeds; aud we are
| familiar with the oil Of almonds, nut
meg, cncoanu!s, hempseed, castor-heans
etc. There is considerable percentage
| of OF; in all seeGs; the sunfiower seed
and The poppy seed contain moro oil
than apple seeds, and grape seeds, aud
watermelon seeds; but all contain oil
in larger or smaller quantities and OF
greater or less usefulness. The hepercen-
taae of oil in seeda and frUitl is in an
inverse ratio to tbat Of the sugar ant!
starch contained therein-the higher
| tDo DcESSUlaGo VI Oi1 lpo Sbs0iASA 'A'''
of starch and sugar, and vice versa.
Among oi!-bearipg seeds the useful
ness and com nercial value Of the oil
frnna the seed of the cotton plant mas
Only recently come into general notice
The oil from this seed q! the cotton
plants of India aud Egypt has long
been used for fer.iiizing, and To some
extent as !eeu for cattle. But the mar
Ike, value Of oil FOR such purposes i5 a'
small that the co.tOn-seed OIL OF INC
Old World never made much o;
figure in commerce. 1t is the OIL oi TN
American cotton plant only mat ha'
been utilized rs Il who!csane, hutEi
tious and palatahle addition 10 th'
food products Of The world. EVE over.
bale OF cotton produced by the AmeTi
can planter there are GOO pounds o
cotton seed, which nntii lew year
ago. wes considered an insuHerabl
nuisance the planter was puzzled how
to ge, rid of this surplus in the easies
manner. Oar present annual crcp {
6 OOO. Geo bales Of cation means ais
2 DOC, 900 tons OF seed. Now, thank
70 the discovery Of the merits
American cotton-seed oil, and ihanl
to the mary mills scattered throughot
y the cotton States, what was once
cause Of serious annoyance has bccou
at O! actual revenue to the planter and
enploymeui TO thousands of laboEeG
go Under the oid-fushioned system
F;raGlng in the SOuth-a system IN
bids fair 10 ouiiive the present Eene'
tion-;he planters cctton crop beson
"a his fac!cr when il is picked. II
Gotten cCop IS mnr;gaged in advan
for family supplies called ''5iore truck
So long as the system continues
may safely say the ouly cash the pts
ter receives when the crop IS harvest
- IS The cash he ,ceives for his G0tt
Q seed ugGrr the new order Ci thlD
His co,tpn crop goes to pay his deh'
his crop Gs cotton seed yields him cs
). for taxes and for pCche; money,
. million tors of seed marketed al
4E. per ton raeaps $30, eco added TO
valae of The agricultural products
this Nation.
/. The cotion seed are regular IL
NUS, having an ellipsoid form. IN
length is about one~quater OF an 10
a. their diameter abuut an eighth OF
- inch. The weight and s!za vary
different localities. Seeds in some
tfous of AIabana average in wei