The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-19

Preparing Cotton oils.
The Paint, OIL and Drug Review says The
best grades Of edible cotton oils must be pre-.
Pared with some care. says an English ex.
pert; Il should be remembered that an edible
oil must have pleasing appearance TO Tho
eye, be fires from any unpi,asant or strong
odor, sweet and bland to the tastc; hence
such nm oil must not be subjected to any
treatmen. which would be lihely to result in
It's acquiring a bad appearance. bad smell and
bad taste. I, may be laid down that treat
mcnt with any strong OF active chemical ~
agents IL quite on, OF the question
The best method of wording for preparing
high class edible oil is tho following The
yellow oil obtained from the treatment ~
the crude oil with oaustic soda, as dcsc,ihed
above, Is taken, cooled by any convenient
means 10 cause the stearinr to cryStalli1e oui,
then the nasty mnsa Is placed Ia a press and
the oil pressed out, This oil q next heated
TO from 40 TO 10 degrees Fahrenheit, 10
make II iimpld and there is added to II
mixture of iullcrs earth and nnlnsal charcoal.
using five pounds fIler's earth and one pound
chaicoal for each ton gallons OF oil stir the
earth. charcoal and oil well together Tor
thirty TO forty five minutes. then allow the
earth aud charcoal 10 settle. or. II amy dit-
fculty he met With In TINT particular flter
the oil BY this treatment the color OF the
oil viii be considerably reduced and few
repetitions OF II VIII make " almost white.
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air through II, but there IL with this process
risk OF Importing a bad odor and taste.
Thc wheat OutIooE.
4 Minneapolis dispatch 10 the Commercial
America OF Nov York says:
II begins to look II the statement made
by Minneapolis nilllers few days nftor Mr.
Armour began the crusade that landed in
Chicago a.OeopG0 bushels Of nettai wheat. to
.t.E
be Obliged to go to Chicago for their wheai
before another crop. was 10 be verified. aud
at once Already ioq,Oe0 bushels of the grain
that passed Into the hands of the Letter party
IN Chicago late Ia December has been bought
by onc prominent Minneapolis milling firm |
lthc Pillahufy -Waehburn company, and mr. |
gouatione are tn progress by which many |
times this amount win soon be owned by |
local mfiefs. Most Of the wheat that WAS 4
delivered In Chicago TO meet condition that |
existed there was from Minneapolis and Du- |
inth. aud ut the close OF the shipping season !
there WAS not left ~ Duluth more than i25, 019
bushels OF contract grade grain.
so closely was that city drawn upon that |
It's mtllcrs are already buying IN Minneapolis |
for nhpnent TO their mills, aud not enough |
wheat IS coming to Duluth from North Da- |
kota 10 MI the daily demand for grinding |
IT Is understood that some i0N0 nn1 bushels ~ |
Duluth May wheat has already benn sold 10
exporters for delivery and shipment on the |
opening OF navigation ne&t spring. and the |
question now rs, where is This to be hade IL |
certainly can not be secured II receipts do not |
grow larger. Grain receivers expect receipts
to decrease steadily trou, ills time
minneapolis has on hand i3,e00o00 bushels |
OF all grades OF wheat. most OF which are |
available for making -four. with the draw (
PACK that lower grades will require more
Bushels 70 the barrel than the acarcer high |
grades With this amount on hand. IL Is usti-
mated That an average rceeini of about 80 |
ears OF wheat VIII he necessary until the |
neNt crop Is harvested TO keep the mills go |
ms, he daily receipts are lcsB than |
this, and they are expected TO grow smaller /
stendily throughout the winter.
AZ meeting of the Red Rivor hiillerR az, |
ISOLATION, held al Fargo last week. tho sit /
uaiion was carefully canvassed and the con
aensus OF opinion among the millors wa.
that there was not enough wheat In the valley ,
and IN tho pakOtas ns "a whole to keen their
own mills at work, not TO mention shipments
% minneapolis aud Duluth. Some wont so
iar as TO state that II would be impossible 10 |
keep the mills going after June, unless they /
Imported wheat from the Eaat which viii b.
Impossible Of conrsn.
Tho premium paid all the fall Tor cash
wheat as futures Inns swept the state OF
North Dakota dry. aud 1t la freely stntnd by |
milicra and large farmers that there TX NOT I
enough grain LETT for seed. Indeed negotin-
Hons are now In progress IN many parts o,
both pakotas for the purchaiN OF seed wheat |
from Manitoba. partly on account of n |
Scarcity OF grain az home and partly 10
cnanGo me strain OF seed Al tho meeting
OF tho Red River Valley association gtopg |
wero. taken TO buy all the wheat hereafter |
offered by farmers az stations. 80 that no
moro would be shipped ont Of The State, en-
cert from country elevator storka witch nrt,
known 70 be very aw--nt most only abou, 30 !
per cent oftthe amounts held u year agv
Representatives OF Minneapolis mitla havel
been IN the Rcd river country aud the whent
fatsins sertion OF South Dakota the past
week. and have reported thai il wuuld b'.
IMPOSSIBLE 20 get any important amount OF
grain from either aud II was OH their re-
ports. u irundersteoi. that buying in Chicago
was nHdertaken. This buying In Chicago Of
the wheat that they sold 10 that city few
prsrninm over. cash, but how high no ono
outside chn tell.
Millcrs here and at Duluth are finding a
better demand Tor flour than usual nj his
tirle q the year, and afo grinding with NOR,
than customary rapdty.
Trade >otcs.
Esrs arc IN light supply and declining.
Turkeys arc not wanted while chickens are
In good request.