Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-13

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EAME-THE pos~aiBlIlriEs Or riia
coTToN SEED or INDUSTRY.
Insthe discussion OF the compound
5lard bill before Congress, the relative
merits of hog fat And cotton seed oil
were thoroughly diisoassea, and tic
Southern product came OF the Yio4
tor. Every exnert chemical analyst
and other experts testified e the
superior merits Of cotton seed oil, Il
its excellence for home use, to it's
purity and to the fact that IL was
healthy and tee from all d~eleterious
compounds &
The testimony of the; analyst Of
the New FORK Board Of HsaithSWsasss
TO the point, and he reviewed at
length the relative merits Of the two
u eaa;ess, and the various testimony
on the subject, as follows;
COTTON SEED on AS AN A1RTfcI,1 OF
( FOOD.
The main8question, asI understand
it, is,bwhether cotton seed oil, pro-
perry extracted or refined lis d whole
some and nutritious article of food,
and whether it is a proplaersubstance
to miinllgslln 60, eit 1l,z lard obtained from
the fat of hogs, or with other fats,
in the manufacture Of Mard COM
pounds table oil, and: the like, for
use as food or in the preparation or
manufacture OF food articles.
There doubtless exists OH the part
Of many people a prejudice that lard
should be made of hog fat alone,
and table or Said oil from the fruit
the olive tree solely; But mis-
opinion is in reality based on no
good or sufficient reasons. Fats
obtained from avariety Of animals
and q great number Of plants have
been used from time immemorial in
the preparation of food, and it is
unreasonable to suppose that those
particular fats and oils which we, in.
this country, or in this part Of the
.domtry. have heens acepstomedstn
use are the only suitable ones to;
employ. All overthe world vegs.
table oils are obtained by the express
the seeds Or fruit of plants
and nsed rs food. From the cocoa
nut, Brazilian mt, walnut, almond,
and q Wido variety Of other yegeta-
BILE products, oils are extracted and
employed in the preparation Of food
In speaking Of the vegetable oils
Edward Smith, in his well-knownn
work on Foods, places cotton seed
oil at the head of the list, and says;
"There can be no doubt that we,
have in this product Of seeds Of
plants, which seem otherWise,t TO be-
useless, a great .ssttorehohse Of most
valuable nutritive material, and il
we know but little of them in this
climate, it is because we have tho
olive oil at hand, and are bountifully
anpplicd with many kinds of animal
fats. It il, however, probable that
the cheapness of some OF these vege-
table oils, in addition to their deli.
cacy Of flavor, will ere long force
themselves into notice and obtain3a
place among our foods.n TIhhis was
written 1873, when the manufacture
cotton seed oils was still in its
infancy.
Professor Wiley, chemist to the.
United States Department Of Agri
culture, in Bulletin No. IS, on Food
and Food A~dulterants, quotes from
Aliens well.knoWnS and standard
work on Commercial Organic ..Analy@
sis, as follows "Refined cotton seed
oil is of a straw or golden yellow
color, or, occasionally, nearly color
less. The density ranges from 1922
to 1926, and tho solidifyinS point
from IL to 10o G. Refined cotton!
seed oil is usually very free froii.Ii
acid, and when properly prepared is,
OF pleasant taste, and admirably
adapted for edible ard culinary pur-,
poses, for which Il il now extensively
employed, both With and without
its nature being acknowledged
AS regards the Manufacture and,
refining Of cotton seed oil, il may be
remarked that the methods employed.
are not materially different from the
process made use Of in the prepara-
ton Of olive oil. That cotton seed
oil has for many years been exported.
to Italy and France, in which cot,ris
tries it is largely employed for mix
tha olive oil, is o we'll known
fact.
Speaking of cotton seed oil, Dun4
ham j.. Cr0im, United States Consul
at Milan, reported as follows, under
date of November 10, 1888: aThe
seed oil industry is assuming consid-
cradle proportions. Several kinds of
this oil were exhibited at tho Milan.
exhibition in1881, and classed among