The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-01
THE COTTON SEED INDUSTRY.
Importance Of Manufactures Of ByProducts in Commerce
If .he World-A Marvellous Development Dur
ing the Last Few Years.

order TO get rid Of them the mills Ms d
them for tue, the ashes being uti zed OF
fertilizers. as they contain 2 large nmpnnt
Of potash. The feeding OF the NUTS is ~
ing recognized more and more every uat,
and from this has come a demand WHICH
has resulted III the baling and shipping OF
the hulis to great distances from tue source
Of their productions There have also been
developed although not 20 any great eNtcht
as vet processes for removing tie nOef
from the shel Of the hull ma mahlng a
fine paper stock from II, utilizing the bran
~ making mixed cattle food
The separated nieats pass from the
shakers 10 rolls. where they are crushNut
and fom There they pass to eo9'seFsi W WIT,
The cooked meats are then ine.osed ~
camcl's hnir mats aud placed IN hNdrau lc
prcsses aud subjected TO a pressure or ~ y
to 1000 pounds The resultant crude o
Is ;hch pumped into setting tanks ana
certain !Iapuritles are nllowcd 80 selue
ort The residue left 10 the press, after
depressing the oil Is In tue form OF h l..l,
cake This Is a most valuable OX-product
On cotton seed oil and amounts 90 about
I25 pounds per ion of seed. The cake
either IA the form " cake or after having
been ground into meal known as ,cotsol
seed meaD, Is used largely as q cattle foua'
or in the form Of meal directly as tef
tli7es o. ng tho principal ingredient ~
cattle food and fertilizer Of any OF the
vegetable oil cakes produced
MI w. j. Booker. in Flour aud Feed,
gives the following statement, based on
report Of prof. Z. y. jenkins Of thf Con
ncctlcut state experimental station, show
INK the relative value of nitrogen. phos'
phoric acid, and potash contained In wheat
bran, corn meal, linseed OIL meal, and cot
ton seed meal.
ft h.
2GOQ Pounds Funds. Pounds i'oulius.
' tams D'1@ "a CO.. $40
oG fs.n~ real '.... Goa. 800 i2.s so
i-t contams V, 80. - 1860 ss.s 2o.s
Cotton seed meal
Taking the nitrogen at i cents per
pound, phosphorc aciq at o tenJs per
pound and potash at ia cents per pound
lall OF which nie low yaluntiOnsl gives me
Per ton of
2UJi noun
Wheat bran ......,....,...,,..... Sl3
Corn meal .-.....,..-.-.,.......+ -
Iinsecd oil meal ......,...,,.,,..... - ~
Cotton seed meal .....,..........s.. - ~
IN teeling, tEe animal retains from per
cent To - pen cent OF the above clemehts'
SO thnt. taking 20 per cent Trom the above
lauua, and taking wheat bran 81 ~ per
ton, corn meat mt S24 per ton, nnseed OIL
=
az 81 per ton, after deducting the cost of
'N' '''''0' : : 'V''' - Per ton.
Wheat bran ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sll 81
/ Corn meal observation-disclosures, ~ 10
LilsePd oil II cal Observation-Disclosures. ~
Cotton seed meal .. ......,. .-...., 4 db
II will be seen from the foregoing that
cotton seed meal contains, ~ a large per-
ccntuge, a greater amount of nitrogen pro-
/ tenn than any other food. IL IS, IN TACT,
tho most concentrated, cheapest and most
L mud Ia iNa
IL with bran middlnEs, hulls or other
feeds it produces an ideal cattle food. Tine
tendency Of the times Is toward more scien-
tide feeding, aud the UTILIZATION Of eottoa
hesh-formlng properties. makes a great ad-
vaucement over the old method OF feeding
the whole seed
The foregoing products are all Incidental
to the production ot crude cotton seed OIL
The crude oil is allowed to stand IN setting
/ tanks for a number OF hours, and is then
ready for the refining process. There is
obtained from a ton Of seed approximately
2T5 pouuds OF crude oil, The oil varies
in quality considerably, depending upon
/ the condition OF the seed and the LOCALITY
I from which It comes. II will vary In color
from a light brown 10 a deep black, lt
contains varying proportions Of red color
ing matter and free fatty acids, depepdins
upon the care with which the seed has been
handled and the oil produced The free
fatty uclds will vary from o. per cent to
! as high as 30 per cent but the average Is
IN the neighborhood Of per cent
The real advancement Of the Inst twenty
| years in the cotton oil industry has been
| made bv the refinery. While there nave
been many improvements in the machin-
/ cry Of the crude oil mills, the process Is
| today practically what 1t was many years
ago, but when we turn 10 the refinery, the
! tremendous strides which have been made
in the improvement OF the refining meth
/ DDS result In n product so superior to the
/ article produced years ago. that industries
/ utilizing the oil, account OF this I'm
n "a 1ar
! tho oil than ever before,
| Crude cotton seed oil after its first pro
cess Of refining, comes out in the shape
! Of clear brilliant, yellow oil. known as
| summer yellow oil having specific gravity
] at 10 degeecs CenHgTade OF 90. Owing
| to the deterioration Of the seed and TO In
1 terior methods Of manufacture, all crude
! oil does not produce yellow oil Of the same
| grade The trade has classified summer
! yellow oil as choice, prime, on and SOAP
| OIL, the difference In these grades being
/ In the color and flavor. Choice oil Is q
light lemon-colored oil, without any slg
4 gcstion Of red. and Is mild and neutrai II
flavor Prime oil Is slightly darksr in
| color and sweet in flavor, without anl
seedy favor These two grades are used
for edible purposes The OF aud soap
| grades OF oil are reddish In color and thf
favor Is very poor due to bad seed, musn
ness, etc, The oil is used for mechanical
and soap purposes,
As lntimGted before, the amount cf thu
different grades OF Oh produced depend
has varied from about s. per cent 20 81
per cent Of choice ana prime oil, and from
! T. per cent TO 65 per cent Of off and soar
OIL
With the improved refining methods Of
the past ten years he's come Increased de-
mand and use for refined cotton seed oil
sumner yellow oil forms an important
basis for number OF different products
after being submitted TO various processes
such as bleaching It to make Il white an,
pressing It 20 extract the steorin.
one OF the principal uses aud develop
mont OF cotton seed oil contingent ppoi
the improvements IN refining methods II
the past decade IS that OF the manufacture
Of lard compound mixture q hard, ole'
steGrin. ana refined cotton seed oil-mnknl
n most pulatnhle and economical food. Al
other product OF cotton seed oil white cot
tolene, IS a mixture of cleo steafn anl
specially processed cotton seed oil, mark
ing, perhaps, the highest development al
cotton Oh as q food product.
Cotton oil Is also used Ia the making 0
salad oils, packing saNines, Ia the cleo
margarine lndustrs for miners huInng on
cathedral burning oil, teiapefiug oil, oil f0
! heavy tool cutting machines, mixing WIKI