The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-15
VALUE OF COTTON SEED.

The Post told yesterday Of the value
mentioned how this industry had been de-
veloped in recent years. 1t was shown
that these factories were bringing about
100000 into the State annually. and
demand in ell parts of the world.
From recent investigations, however, It
appears that this industry is merely in
its infancy. 1t has already been demon
stead of being something to be burned or
thrown away, Is one Of the most valuable
Of all agricultural products but it now
seems that what has been done in recent
years is not even fair Introduction to
what this business must become in the
next decade
recent issue of the New York Com
mercial had an interesting article showing
that no one knows all the sources Of
wealth there are in the cotton seed. 1t
said
Last week announcement was made OF
the invention OF process OF making paper
out Of cotton seed bulls. Every week some
ew use or process is discovered
The demands for cotton seed OIL are multi
| plying all the time. and the prejudice
AGAINST the use of this most heaithful Of
| vegetable ellis is rapidly disappearing That
| II has not disappeared Is largely due to tho
/ fact that those interests autagonized by tho
| use Of cotton seed oil have been active in
| their warfare against It, while the cotton
seed oil interests have been tinld and mega
| tive in its defense.
An industry that has grown UP in sayan-
nah in connection with the cotton seed oil
| mill IL the preparation of a tine quality OF
salad oil for table use. This oil Is considered
| RS made m Philadelphia, for fear that IL 1t
bore the name OF a Southern city some ono
might be afraid it was in some way related
| 10 q cotton seed,
There arc 1000 pounds OF cotton seed pro
dnced FROM each bale OF cotton From this
| can be made twenty gallons of oil and abou,
36I.5 pounds Of meal. The uses for the oil
and the meal are increasing so RAPIDLY that
! II all the cotton seed In tho United State.
wGs sent to mill the demand for the products
would furnish consumption for 1t all. How
sever the best available statistics show thai
feven at the present time more than 30 pei
cent OF the cotton seed practically goes t.
waste. II Is not actually wasted, for Il,
fertilizing value Is too well recognized fot
that but 1t is wasted Just as corn is was led
in Kansas when 1t is burned for fuel-it,
lest value is lost because t Is not put TO rs
! lropef use.
| Inc export demand for the products al
cotton seed is Increasing morn rapidly thar
the foreign demand for any other agriculura
product OF this country. The oil ls uset
all over Europe in place of more expensive
oils. and there does not seem to he as muct
foolish prejudice against it there as Ia thi,
country.
Ten years ago the value OF the cotton seet
oil exported amounted to q little more thar
5000, 600 Last year the value OF the oil
exported was about 81, 900. The othe
products OF the seed held their place wei
with the oil. Last year 100000 worth o
cake and meal were exported the figures
having doubled in Ave years,
Thirty years ago only per cent OF tn
cotton seed raised in this country was pu
TO any commercial use. In Ave years thi
percentage had been raised TO s. and twent
years ago per cent was used Five year
later 10 per cent. ten years ago % per cent
and now about 42 per cent.
This has indeed been aSwonderful de
velopment in so short a period OF tim,
and 1t can be safely prophesied that it vii
not be many years before the seed OF thu
whole crop Is used. and all the possible
wealth will be got out of It, which, &C
cording to Prof Edwin Lehman Johnson
is 'intrinsically more valuable. according
TO chemical analysis. as food product
pound for pound than wheat"