The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-05

grease is Shlpped 10 NEW 1olh "no
sold there? !,
A. 1t is not, because they don't
have no white grease. All the white
grease they have they put on top OF
the lard.
STATEMENT OF JOHN CALLAHAN.
@. State where you have been last
employed.
A. At John P. Squire & Co.'S, in
Boston.
@. You have heard JAS. Matthews
statement? A. Yes, sir.
@. Have you been at work there in
the same place with him?
A. Yes, sir. In the same gang at
the place.
@. State if you know how Mr..
Squire makes his pure lard.
A. It first goes in as heads-then
four or five boxes goes into every
tank, then he leaves the water run
right on and leaves the boxes On top,
and pigs feet and rough lard and
trimmings.
@. Does he put anything on top7
A. White grease goes on top, right
after noon, when the water is drawn
of-after noon the white grease goes
on top, and there may be a couple Of
barrels of quits right on. top of the
white grease, trying to fill the tanks.
@. Have you e the white grease
| placed in those tanks?
A. l have seen it going in every
afternoon, sir.
ADDITION OF COTTON sEED OH TO LARD.
Extracts from testimony Of Prof.
H.. w. Wiley, before the Committee
of Agriculture, U. S. Senate, Wash
ington, D. c., March II, 1888.
@. What is your profession :?
A. Chemist in the Department of
Agriculture.
Q. Are you also a physician.?
A. [ am a graduate in medicine but
never practiced medicine.
@. But you have a general knowl-
edge in regard to the composition and
the effects of foods and articles of
diet. Have you any belief that any Of
these articles or specimens of the
manufacture of Fairbank & Co., when
used as foods are hurtful or unhealth-
full to the human system 2
A. [ have no reason to believe that
of any of them, or of any of the in
gradients in the lards.
Q. What would you say of cotton
seed oil when used, alone as an article
of food?
A. l should say that it was perfectly
wholesome.
Q. AS wholesome as olive oil or hog
fat or lard ? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Or beef fat
A. Yes, sir. That is, as far as our
knowledge of the subject extends.
Q. What relation, so far as you
know, does cotton seed oil bear to
olive oil A. 1t is very nearly iden-
tical.
Extracts from testimony of Prof. |
W. H. Whitley, before the Committee
Of Agriculture, House of Representa-
tives, Washington, D. c., March 10,
1888:
Q. Have samples of lard been sub
mitted to your bureau for the purpose
of examination? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Have you samples made by
Fairbank & Coz
A. We have twelve of Fairbanks
samples tabulated and there are three
or more that have not yet been tabu-
lated.
Q. You have stated that you found
cotton seed oil and beef stearine in
these samples? A. That is all.
q. So that we understand that the
body OF it is lard, with these additional
elements of cotton seed oil and beef
A. That is my understanding.
=. From your knowledge of chem
lstry and also of medicine, please tell
us whether there is any property in
cotton seed oil injurious to health ?
A. Not, 50 far as [ know.
Z. Does that statement also applv
beef stearine used in connection
with cotton seed oil in the manufac-
ture Of refined lard 2
A. Yes sir. So far as [ know. there
is nothing in it injurious to health.
O.. You have stated that, so far as
you know, this cotton seed oil has no
property that is injurious to health -?
A. That is what | stated.
=. Are the nutritive qualities of
seed oil equal to the nutritive
qualities of pure lard
A. l should say there would be
vera LatHe difference as far &C n1,triti,no