Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-20
Destroyed 10y fire june
2lst, 1857.
|Re-Established August
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SCoNoLUDRD FROM last 1ssUR;
PHYsIciANssso ON TIN

$Itelatlye TO b value of cotton
seed oil ffotsyafiouaus purposes, the foI.
lowing testimony given lending
Northern physician and ianalyat anal
subbsttaNnrttiiaattetdl bsy Others, il interest.
ing, II &
The compounds Of lard, stearinas
and cotton seed oil as q food, III y1ys
belief, is a product that contains
greater VAR etySof elements necessary
tothe maintenance Of human ecofoiny
in a healthy state Than either lard
beef fat, OF cotton seed oil alone,
neither being in themselves d perfect
food product. OF the yalue5of lard
as q food 1 need not speak, nor 81
the value of beef fat for the same
purpose but of cotton seed oil i can
say that by itself it is valuable food
product.
have used the same in my pro.
fessioh as Q substitute for cod.liYerf
oil, whore the latter was not well
retained by the stomach of my
patient with satisfaction to myself
and apparent advantage to the
patient. I have used it as a subsstiss
tute for fresh cream in still other
Gases, where tho cream did not seem
to be. well digested, WitE almost
invariably good results, and have
fed the same to infants suffering
from wasting diseases in doses Of
from vne-half to one teaspoonful
from four to Six times each day, sud
have found the same to check thn;
em%aoiating process quite as welt
generally as any otherf food to whichI
could resort.
| prefer pure cotton seed oil for
professional purposes to olive oil,
though olive. oil is now believed 70
to be largely extended by an admix-
ture of cotton seed oil.
AS an article for many culinary
uses prefer pure cotton seedSoil to
either lard or medium grade butter,
having used the same COTTON seed
oily in my own family as a butter
substitute inicooking meats and fish,
as WellEas making gravies, etc. Lam
also acquainted with its use forssimi-
lar purposes in the families Of others
OF my acquaintance, and iii no.
instance has my attention beenEcaled
to any Objectionable results from said
use. S55t[ XII
OF the exports called in to testify
as to the merits and dement's Of cot
ton seed oil as compared with lard,
nine-tenths Of them bore testimony
to the superiority OF the Southern
product. This is now no longer.
questioned; and the Conger bill b
not based on the theory that cotton
seed oil is unhealthy, but wholly on
the economic theory.
That it displaccs 50 many pounds
of lard, reduces the value of hog fat
and thereby Injuries the Western
farmer. The bill is an attempt to-
protect the Western farmer against
the competition Of q cheaper pro-
duet. VIII it do. so2 $8a
Cotton seed oil is rapidly coming
into q favor under I'll alliaa. Tfa use
would have been slower but more
certain if it had appealed to hepubsS
lie on its own merits instead of as
olive oil or lari; and IL will ulti-
mately triumph on its merits. Ii
offers us valuable oil, at four to-
five cents a pound, suitable for cnli-
nary or other purposes. No Other
oil Of this kind can be madeS as
cheaply. There is no lack Of supply.
If the world needs it, we can easily
turn ont 14G,000,000 gallons d year.
More than the olive oil and all tho
other table oil in use, enough to sup
ply the world with snbsJ'tute for
all the lard used by it. ~
Everybody understands that tho
olive oil they use is simply cotton
seed oil! that the lard is mainly cot.
ton seed oil. They have simply to
take another step fcss#sa, discard
tho hypocrisy that because it has d
different label on il, it tastes differ
emily. The people Of Italy have ses
us q good example, using d great
deal of cotton seed oil last year as
such and finding it pleasant. In
England, the oil is largely used for
kitchen purposes under its true name,
and TO some extent in this country.
If the manufacturers would 90 into
the proselyting business and Demon
strate to the epicures by practical
tests that cotton seed oil is better
than lard and equal to olive oil, they
could get rid Of all aliases for their
product and sell. il GA its merits. It
will probably take some yoars, how
ever, TO overcome the prejudice Of a
lname, but when it is overcome the
Ecotton seed industry has brilliant
future before il, to- which Its past
success will appear o. nothing. IT.
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