The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-03-21
USES OF COTTON SEED.
Commercial Bulletin

liable uses is steadily increasing in
popularity. Heretofore the seed
after being taken from the cotton
boil was thrown away, but now it is
about all put to use and readily sold.
From this valuable seed is extracted
the much used cotton seed oil, and
from the residum are obtained cot
ton seed meal, cotton seed bran, and
cotton seed hull ashes.
The seed after being taken from
the cotton gin goes through a
''linter machine" which takes off
the short staple cotton which the
gin does not remove. This short
staple cotton is sold mostly to con-
Germs who use it for cotton batting.
1t is also used for other purposes.
After all the fiber is taken off, the
bare seed is cracked and the kernel
is separated from the hull. The
kernel is then ground and put under
severe heat or cooked. In the
heated state the most oil can be ex-
tracted, and it is therefore put into
large caldron and is subjected to
heavy pressure. When thorough
ly pressed, the residue or meal is in
the form of cake.
Cotton seed oil is used for numer-
Gus purposes, and is displacing other
popular oil, owing to its cheapness
and healthfulness, as it is purely a
vegetable oil. This variety of oil is
used very largely by lard manufac-
turers, who adulterate their lard
with it. Although most people
would prefer pure lard, it is claimed
that the cotton seed oil adulteated
with the hog fat lard improves the
quality of the stock. The hog lard
contains more than twice as much
water as the seed extract, and con-
seqCently one pound of adulterated
cotton seed oil lard goes much
further than the pure stock. Large
quantities of the seed oil are yearly
shipped from this country to the
countries on the Mediterranean
where olive oil is produced. 1t is
used almost wholly there to adulter-
ate the olive oil, which is then sold
both here and in Europe as olive
oil from the Mediterranean coun.
tries.
Most of the sardines are now
packed in this-new oil, and it proves
to be successful. Bakers also buy
barrels of the liquid, which thew
advantageously use in substitution
for the more costly lard and greases
Chemists and druggists use consid-
cradle also. The white or refined
stock is used to quite an extent in
the Pennsylvania coal mines for
lamp oil. Although the cost is
much higher than that of petro-
leum, the safety of the variety is
preferable to the more explosive
kerosene. The crude stock is used
extensively in the manufacture of
soap, as is also the foots or residue
left after the oil is made.
AS above stated, after the oil has
been distracted from the kernel.
the caked meal is left as a residue.
About $50 mills which utilize. the
cotton seed use both products, the
oil and residue, or meal. Most of
the residue is sent to England in
cake form, where the farmers crack
it and feed their cattle with it. A
large amount has been satisfactorily
used in the West, and now it is being
sold in this market, it is claimed,
quite successfully. This meal is
claimed to excel all others as a feed
for cattle. That used in this coun-
try is not in the cake form, but
ground, and now brings from 500 to
$3.50 per ton. Last year the prices
ranged from S23.50 to S24 per ton.
the advance being caused by an UNI
precedented foreign demand. Cot
ton seed meal is not only claimed
to be better, but also cheaper than
other meals.
In st. Louis there is situated a
mill which makes cotton seed bran
from the bulls, and claims that it is
superior to other coarse feed and
costs much less, bringing about
S2l.5O per ton. Most of the mills