The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-30

is large, and when satisfactory ma
chlncry is produced considerable
bagglng Industry will be built up near
the cotton fields. Five tons of good
stalk will yield about 500 pounds of
first class fiber. At this rate the
annual cotton crop Will produce all
the bagging needed for cotton balinc
and leave good percentage for other
I purposes. OF course the industry is
( largely III the experimental stages yet,
but ii 1t works as well as the cotton
seed oil industry did, il will not be
many years before it will assume gi-
san,lc proportions
La Egypt, The common cotton of the
Nile districts Gossyii radicis cortex)
produces large root, the bark Of
which has long been used for medicinal
purposes. The action Of this bark is
similar to that of ergot. This fact
/ has led 70 invest cations here, and it
is believed that another by product Of
the cotton crop will be soon found in
the roots of the plants. The drug
would be useful in many ways and
might prove Of great value. Chemists
have approved Of it, and it is now
largely question Of extracting it
profitably.
In connection with employing the
cotton-secd hulls as food for animals,
it might be said that any surplus of
the crop can be utilized in making
artificial fertilizers. Cotton-hull
ashes are very valuable for furnishing
cheap potash for the tobacco crop,
and there is quite demand for it in
all of the tabacco growing districts of
this country. The quality of these
ashes varies, but as rule they are Of
considerable value.
This leaves little Of the cotton plant
either to go to waste or to be returned
to the soil Every part Of it is turned
to some profitable use, and as the
years go by new uses for the products
will be discovered. Already the cot
ton-secd oil-thc most valuable by
product of the crop-has found it's
way into fields never dreamed of when
it was first extracted. Improved
methods Of refining it are gradually
forcing the oil into direct competition
with more expensive oils. It has
been found that the upland cotton
seeds yields purer and better oil
than the cotton raised along the sea-
coast. The climate also has much to
do with the quality Of the oil, and un-
der the same conditions, cotton seed oil
made in this conntry is superior to
that manufactured of the Egyptian or
Indian cotton seed. The oil first ex-
tracted by expression is odorless, and
OF a dark, brownish green color. This
is treated with alkaline solutions, and
u clear, pleasant, yellow and odorless
oil is produced. The residue is called
soap stock and enters largely into the
manufacture OF soaps. The refined
oil is consumed chiefly as food pro-
duct, as it makes Il good substitute
for salad and cooking oils. and also for
packing sardiacs and other fish. It
has it's limits, however, and the man
ufacturers have not been able to make
it take the place Of oils for mixing
paints or wood filters. 1t dries very
slowly and imperfcctly, and this seems
to dcbar it forever from entering into
competition with linsced and similar
oils for the drug and paint trade. AS
lubricant, the best refined cotton
seed OF! is very satisfactory, and it is
in considerable demand in the machine
trade.
Refining processes arc constantly
developing new uses for the OIL The
yellow oil resulting from the first pro-
cess Of refining, through treatment
with alkaline solutions, is further pur-
fed By heating and filtration. Then
the white oil of commerce is ;,b-
tanned by shaking the yellow oil with
2 or 3 per cent of fullers earth. In
purifying the yellow oil about 25 per
cent Of it is separated in the form of
stearin. This cotton seed stearin is
employed in making candles and the
various preparations of butter and lard
surrogates.
For some time this cotton-seed oil
was mixed with lard intended fc- co!3
climates, and then its fuidity was cor
rected by mixing it with beef fat.
Now this is often sold on it's own mer-
it's in the market in open competition
with lard
Finally, there is wash powder
made from the soap-stock, that owes
its origin to cotton-seed oil. This is