The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-08-07
THE USE OF COTTON SEED Oh As
FOOD.
How 4 Came lnts Ger,erd Use and Why 4
Gained in Popotsity.-k b Sah
end kholesOme.

From the eerheet Bible times 70 tha
present day nations Of the countries
surrounding the Mediterranean have
made the OIL Of the olive one OF their
principal articles Of DIET. Il 10 used no
all cooking operations and replaces toe
butter and lard OF the nations In north
ern Europe. There is no question but
what a pure vegetable OIL 10 most
useful and healthy article OF DIET We
never read Of dyspepsia and troubles
OF similar nature among the peopR
Of the Levant. doubtless because the
fat taken as q necessary part OF We'll
regulated diet 10 always taken a.
pure vegetable oil. In our own coun-
try up to within the last few years
oil hos been used but little as an AZ
ttcie OF diet. except by Europeans VINO
have made their homes u our mtdee
We have chung 70 the traditions Of our
Saxon ancestors and used the hard fats
prepared from hOSe and cattle The
people Of this country are beginning to
reelize their mistake. Throughout our
southern States We have trees, small
II is true, but great In numbers, which
produce q fruit fur more wondertul
than the olive, VIE refer TO our cotton
plant. Its fiber clothes the world, ~
seed yields an Oh whkh - unrivaied
In sweetness and purity By the finest
product Of the pressed oltva
Cotton seed OIL was refDed In sfpeN
quantities prior TO the Cff war. II
found It's way to Europe and came back
In fancy bottles mixed with olive OIL
In the early SOS the production OF the
finding their way 70 Chicago Ia mys-
teriously marked packages, the contents
Of which properly blended With other
material, treve3ed all oser tbs world IN
the form Of lard
About the year 1857 K Wa discovered
that the amount u lard shipped from
Chicago greatly eacee'scd the weight
OF ali the hogs received and an fhves-
tigntLon was instituted bS Congress
witch brought forth the iNformat,oo
that the product o< the cotton seed VS.
entirely unobIeetionabie as an sfuck
Of Diet and Neb4e - be preferred By
many 70 that Of ne hog. For VARIOUS
reasons our people have always been
prejudiced against tie OH ftself. though
eating lsrse quantities q Il IN the
form Of lard compound. THIS preJu-
dice is DO dostS hrseiy dne to the
faulty refining Z. .ethods used by many
OF the nanufac; ssers who tErned out
an on OF unpleasant favor which gD~e
on very dtssgre2 ah;e odOrs Ia cooking.
Modern science s1s shed its raye %
this greet product of our section and
the oil is now produced In enormous
quantities., abeoluteAy free from odos
and flavor and almost coioraees- Shipped
IN barrels IL finds tte way Into the lefg-
est bake shope Of the country. where
Il takes the place Of many tons of lard
and butter. Packed In hesrnttscany
sealed cans 4 10 Invading kitchens Of
our beet famfiiea II 10 making Irteod1
everywhere Tho greatly eGtended use
Of cotton seed oif 10 me hoaseho>d h4s
added greatly to the wealth Of osr tasrr-
e<s by rnakfnS q sure marhet fof Al
tho seed which they can produca 1nss
rapid increase In the use Of the on hA3
only been made possible By improved
refining methods which were the -
suits Of long. patient and expensive az
perinents by the leading company In
the business Such experiments could
only be made BY the combined 20
a,urces conferred In q large corporation
which can command the needed bsstpS
and ma terials and furnish the neceS-
sary money outlay to conduct expen-'
sive experiments on practical acaie.
The farmer Of the south has no bettes
friend than the large companies who
are daily striving TO improve the prod.
uct " hie cotton reed and extend the
use Of cotton seed e{l as food prodoc4.
end the most successful OF these couo-
paates In the manufacture R theD0
PRODUCTS 10 the Southern Cotton on
Company. whose works are at Sa~Anr
nah. Ga. and who nsxe headquar<ess
and general Offices IN Columbia. q c..
Savannah, Ga. Atlanta. Ga-. and Cas-
lpttel n. c.. any Of which Will eaRdiy
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