The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-22

used in the making Of ''burnt almonds"
peanut candy and cheaper grades of chloe
olateG, The cstent of the use OF the pea
nut by the American people win be moro
FUZZY appreciated whom ii ia remembered
that they use 100000 bushels of nuts
yearly cat a cost 20 the consumers OF W.
WiO 0OO, which do not form II part of the
regular articles of food, but arc eaten az
odd times,
The nut is used by the planter as "a
fattencr for his hogs The planter also
makes nsc Of Tho vine under The name
Of peanut hay, which IL carefully saved
aud led 10 all kinds Of live stock. fur
nlshug the bost and cheapest hay To- be
found IN the peanut section.
Millions Of bushels are being used In
the countries of the old world for tire
production Of oil. in which the nuts ARE
very rich. This oil Is regarded hA equal
TO olive oil and mny be employed FOR
avery purpose to which that iR applied
This oil forms from 80 10 30 per cent tby
woHhD of the shclled nut 1t has an
agreeable taste and smell and Is more
iilnpid than olive oil. which 1t very much
resembles, Examinations OF peanut oil
manufactured In Tennessee show IL to
bc very similar In character to cotton
seed oil aud olive oil. IT IL sweet. palate
able and clear. and. IN fact great quaint.
Ties are used unknown 20 the consumer
inacnd OF olive oil.
IN india Europe, nragu ana this coun-
try " Is used incidentally IN the place Of
olvo oil and II IL also employed by manu-
fullng cloth. AZ n lighting fluid n lasts
II long time, but does not giyo as clear Il
ligbt as other burning oils. II is n dura-
bio, non-drying oil of q light straw color
and II IL for It's oil that the nut IL i'm
ported into Europe, many gallons being
used IN the manufacture of soap as Il lu-
bricanl IN machine shops.
The most important secondary product
Of peanut oil manuinrltrc is Tho oil cake
or meal which remains after tho oil has
Tor from $50 10 ssS per ton in G i'r any,
where IL IL used for feeding cattle nnd
sh,ep. After the oil, which can be *
pressed, Is secured Their" still rcmaips con
siderable fatty matter In the cake which,
together with Its other contents, makes IL
most valuable animal food
I)r. w. r. Robertson OF England, In
bis experiment with peanut cake az a
i"0h Tor horses at the Ihd!n farm, of
whlth he was manager, found that ak
POUNDS or cake per day was su"ficleni to
Keep u horse in good working condition.
anim0la he says.
have used tho cake very oxtensIYely
four pounds per head per day. with for
nEc, Keeps the animals IN perfect health
ana condltion. For fattoning cattle ! do
nlike TO ite feeding value and 10 the gu
pcrlor quality OF the beef produced
As FOOD for dairy cows u ~ admirable
both In increasing the yield Of milk and
IN improving It's quality. The butter of
cows 10 fed IS ttiner and Keeps much bet
yer Than That Of cows fcd on any of the
four to six pounds OF the cake, given In
the form Of paste, ana mixed with two or
three pounds of wheat bran. constitutes
perfect food for milch cows. | have had
COWS so fed for several years, yielding wcil
and breeding regularly For sheep there
is no better food than earthnut cake hut
for these animals ! found II best TO give
the cake dry ana broken into small pieces
had a large Hook fed on the cake for
several years, and never kneH any lad
results attending it's rsc. The ewes 90 fed
bred regularly. MIXED well and reared
excellent lambs. while the mutton OF these
cake-fed sheep was OF superior quality.
MANY experiments have proved the
value of the cake as u feed for pigs For
these animals IL wac usually made into
thin cruel and given mixed with bran. The
re- me preparations. but In not quite SO thin
a condition. constitutes n superior food for
fattcning poultry, The flesh OF poultry
fatted on The cake is white, fine and OF
superior quality"
From the above. and as a result OF the
various analysis, II can be concluded with
certainty that the peanut cake rs an ex-
ceilent cattle food, and can be made ex-
tremely valuable n 1udiciously mixed with
other foods lesS r.ch IN oil and heterogeneous
constituents.
a grade OF food TOR animals known as
peanut meal" ~ made by grinding the
huils. immature peanuts ana those OF in.
fcrior Rrades. such as pops and saps, aud
81 certain portion OF sound nuts mixed
with the other Ingredients. This Is care
fully prepared having all .he dirt AID
foreign matter eliminated. The fiber q
also to a large extent, extracted as well