The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-08-06
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THE USE OF COTTON SEED OH As
FOOD.
How it Came Into General Use and Why il
Gained in popularity...It is Safe
and Wholesome.

From the earliest Bible times to the
PtS"chC uay nations of the countries
surrounding the Mcdi diterranean have
made tho oil OF tho olive ono OF their
principal articles of diet. It is used i'm
all cooking operations and replaces the
butter and lard OF the nations in north
ern Europe. There is no question but
What q pure vegetable oil is n most
useful and healthy article OF diet. We
never read OF dyspepsia and troubles
"t a similar nature among the people
or the Levant, doubtless because the
lat taken as necessary part of u we'll
regulated diet is always taken as u
pure vegetable Oil. In our own coun-
try up to within the last few years
OH has been used but little as an arr
ticie OF Diet except by Europeans who
nave made their homes In our midst
we nave clung to the traditions OF our
saxon ancestors and used the hard fats
prepared from hogs and cattle. Tho
people of this country are beginning to
realize their mistake. Throughout our
southern States we have trees, small
1t IS true, but great in numbers, which
produce fruit far more wonderful
than the Olive, we refer to our cotton
plant. It's 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 Neilned in small
quantities prior to the Civil war. It
found It's way TO Europe and came back
in fancy bottles mixed with olive oil
In the early sos the production of the
oil Increased rapidly. Great quantities
finding their way to Chicago i'm mys-
teriouSiy marked packages, the contents
of which properly blended with other
material, Travelled all over the world in
the form of lard.
About the year 1887 it was discovered
That the amount OF lard shipped from
chicago greatly exceeded the weight
of all the hogs received and an inves-
ugatton was instituted by Congress
which brought forth the information
that the product of the cotton seed was
entirely unobicCtionable as an article
of diet and liable to be preferred by
many TO that of the hog. For various
reasons our people have always been
prcjudiced against the oil itself, though
eating large quantities of it in the
form of lard compound. This preiu-
dice is no doubt largely due to the
faulty refining methods used by many
OF the manufacturers who turned out
an oil OF unpleasant flavor which gave
off very diSagreeable odorS in cooking
Modern science has shed its rays on
this great product of our section and
the oil is now produced in enormous
quantities, absolutely free from odor
ana liaVur and almost colorleSs. Shipped
in barrels 1t finds it's way into the larC-
est bake shops of the country, where
II takes the place of many tons of lard
and butter. Packed in hermitically
scaled cans ii is invading kitchens of
our best families. 1t is making friends
everywhere. The greatly extended use
of cotton seed oil in the household has
added greatly to the wealth OF our farm.
elS by making sure market for all
the seed which they can produce. This
RAPID increase III tho use of the oil has
only been made possible by improved
refining methods which were the re-
suits Sf long. patient and expensive ex-
'periments by the leading company in
the business. Such experiments could
only be made by the combined re-
sources centered in n large corporation
which can command the needed brains
and materials and furnish the neces-
Sary money outlay to conduct eXpen-
'SiVc experiments on n 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 and extend the
uSo or cotton seed oil as q food product
and the most successful OF these COM
paniGs in the manufacture of these
products is the Southern Cotton Oil
Company, whose works are at Sayan-
nah, Ga, and who have headquarters
and general Offices in Columbia, s. c.
Savannah, Ga, Atlanta. Ga, and Char
lotte. n. c., any OF which will gladly
furnish Information.