The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-03-06
COttonseed Bread.

The IanWacturers' Record has secured
from DR.. V. p. Clayton, of this city, the
following statement as to his cottonseed
meal experiments:
"Aly attention was first called to the
subject by the conduct of my nephew.
He accompanied me to my cattle-yard on
my daily visits to look after the feeding
Of my cows, and gradually began eating
the cottonseed meal from the feed bins.
My first impulse was to forbid him, but
upon reflection, knowing its harmless
nature, I concluded to le. him pursue his
taste and note the results. For more
than two years now he has eaten it with
avidity, and unrestrained. I have seen
no indications Of the slightest i'll effects.
He is now four and half years old, and
remarkably we'll developed in physical
character.
II finally prevailed upon my wife to
make some experiments in the kitchen.
She mixed one-third Of cottonseed meal
with two thirds white flour or corn
meal and baked or fried either as batter
or dough. We have found that it cooked
we'll, and that the product possessed
rich nutty flavor very pleasant to the
palate.
sCottonssed meal is exceedingly rich
in albuminoids, or the nitrogen0us ele-
ments (hesh and blood formers) as COM
pared with the carbohydrates, or starch
and lat elements cheat producers, pos
sessing nutritive ratio of one to one, /.
e., one Of, the former to one of the latter,
while that Of whole wheat is one to six.
ut is well-known fact that Graham
flour, which contains all parts Of the
wheat, is almost a perfect food, more
nearly meeting all the requirements of
the human body than does any other
natural product; hence it is fair to assume
that any combination producing a like
nutritive ratio will prove wholesome and
nutritious, and if agreeable to the taste,
may become valuable article Of food.
The nutritive ratio of corn-meal is one to
eight, and that of white flour is about the
same, 80 to mix these articles with cot
gives product almost identical in COM
position and nutritive ratio to wheat. 1t
may be inquired, what advantage is to be
gained by using the cottonseed meal in
this way?
"The value of cottonseed meal, con-
sidered as food for animals, is, according
to tho German tables, more than twice
that of corn-meal, weight for weight.
The Southern States produce cottonseed
meal in great abundance, and sell it for
one cent per pound; they buy millions
OF dollars worth annually OF meal and
flour at an average of one and half cents
per pound. To the extent, therefore,
that it is practical to substitute the cot
tonseed meal, it would seem to be de-
cided economic advantage to do so"
The composite bread Of oottonseed meal
and corn flour, which Or. Clayton de-
scribes, is decidedly palatable, as VIC can
certify from personal test Of it. The
economic value of our fellow-citizen's
discovery seems to us very considerable.
The fact that in this waste product of
few years ago we have millions of tons of
wholesome food for man as we'll as beast
is pregnant with importance. We may
expect before long the application of
science to the better fitting of this meal
for the table, without admixture Of wheat
or corn flour.
What wonderful country is the South,
and how slight, even now, is our COM
prebension Of Its vast possibilities !
Columbia State.