The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-08-06
THE USE or COTTON SEED OIL As
FOOD.
How L Game Into Genesd Use and Why Z
Gained Ia Populsity.-k b Sals
and Wholesome.

TOW N1nlG ls8O USttSJ8 OoS oRe WY "
Gained h Popul1ity.-lt b Sale
and Wholesome.
From the earliest Bible times to the
present day nations Of the countries
surrounding the Mediterranean nave
made the oil Of the olive ons OF tneir
all cooking operations and replaces the
butter and lard Of the nations In nortn-
ern Europe. There is no question put
what a pure vegetable oil is a most
useful and healthy article OF diet. we
never read OF dyspepsia and troubles
OF a similar nature among the peopie
OF the Levant, doubtless because the
fat taken as a necessary part " well
regulated diet Is always taken as a
pure vegetable oil. In our own couh-
try up to within the last rev years
oil has been used but little as an ar
ticle OF diet. except by Europeans VINO
have made their homes In our midst.
We have clung to the traditions OF our
Saxon ancestors and used the hard rats
prepared from hogs and cattle. The
people of this country are beginning 10
realize their mistake. Throughout our
southern States we have trees. small
| IL Is true. but great In numbers. whicn
produce a fruit far more wonderfu'
than the olive, we refer TO our COTTON
plant. Its fiber clothes the world. It's
seed yields an oil which Is unrivaled
In sweetness and purity by the finest
product Of the pressed olive.
Cotton seed oil was refined In smaii
quantities prior to the Civil war. IL
found It's way to Europe and came PACK
in fancy bottles mixed with olive oil.
| In the early SOS the production OF the
oil increas sed rapidly. Great quantities
finding their way to Chicago In mys-
tcriouSly marked packages. the contents
| II which properly blended with other
| material. travelled all over the world In
| the form of lard
| About the year 1887 II was discovered
that the amount of lard shipped from
] 'hIcago greatly exceeded the weight
uf all the hogs received and an inves-
| tigation was instituted by Congress
| which brought forth the Information
| that the product Of the cotton seed was
| entirely unobject tionable as an article
| II diet and liable to be- preferred by
many to that Of the hog. For various
| reu.ons our people have always Deen
pr- judIced against the oil itself. thouEh
| .uting large quantities Of IL In tne
| "orm Of lard compound. This preJu-
| lice. Is no doubt largely due to the
| ,uulty refining methods used by many
| Of tn, manufacturers who turned OUT
an oil of unpleasant flavor which gave
| m very .isagr"eiblr odors In COOKING.
| Nud.rn sci-nr has shed its rays on
| his great product Of our section and
rh.. oil is now produced In enormous
| uan,iti.s. absolutely free from oooI
| and flavor md almost cOlOrless. Shippeu
| IN barrels IL finds it's way into the ars-
| ..st bake shops Of the country. ~neTs
| IA tukes the place nj many TONS Oh laLu
and butter. Packed In hermittcaAy
s,,I.d cans IL is invading Kitchens Of
,,ur hes, families. IL IL making friends
| .yerywhere The greatly extenoeu u'H
| of cotton seed oil In y househosn ms
added greatly 10 the wealth OF our r1rm-
ers by making sure market ror AL
| IN. seed which they can produce. Thts
-. nii inrr,as. In the use Of the oil has
nnIy been made possible by improved
refining methods which were the re-
| Suits of long. patient and expensive ex-
| u.rimepts by the leading company IN
| the business. Such experiments GOULD
only he made by the combined re-
sources centered In a large corporation
which can command the needed bruins
| and materials and furnish the neces-
sary money outlay to conduct expen-
sive experiments on practical scale.
The farmer Of the south has no better
friend than the large companies who
are daily striving to improve the prod
! uct of his cotton seed md exke0d the
use of cotton seed oil a. food prodoct.
and the most successful OF these com
pa MES In the manufacture OF these
nroducts is the Southern Cotton on
Company. whose works are at Sawaa-
nah. Ga, and who have headQuayoefs
and general offices In Columbia, 3. c..
Savannah. Ga. Atlanta. Ca. a1d Char
lotte:<,N. c.. any of which wH Efady
furnish information.