The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-31
SNOWDRIFT HOGLESS LARD What 1t Is, and How 1t Is Made.

An edible fat Is a combination of hard and soft fat. In order to suit the re- quirements of consumption these harden ed fat portions are combined or separ- ated in such a way as to suit the tastes and requirements of consumers. The sep aration is effected by melting the fat and subiectng it 10 a temperature in which the hard constituent will solidify and the soft part remain liquid. They are, then. easily separated by stralnlng through cloth. Beef fat Is separated in this way and makes olo stearine which is used in connection with cotton seed oil for the manufacture of "snowdrlft." and into oleo oil which is sent to Holland for making margarine, or artificial butter. In like manner hog lard is separated in- to lard of Whicltis extensively used for lubricating purpoAs and lard stearins which is used also in the manufacture of artificial butter. Hard and soft fats are combined also to produce an article such as people are in the habit of using. Cotton oil and oeo stearne were, for long time, combined and called Hard com pound" but on account of a peculiar aerld flavor of cotton oil this compound was not popular. About six years ago the Southern Cotton OH company com menced to manufacture "Snowdrift by combining oleo stearine and cotton oil. prepared hy the Wesson process. This
 
 suits. and today there is more Snowdrift used than any one manufacture produces of any other kind of cooking fat. The Southern Cotton oil company has not only made the very best article but the superiority of "Snowdrift' compels other manufacturers to improve their product SO that 1t s more or less acceptable to most customers; but today Snowdrift Is the only odorless cooking fat produced, and surpassea all others fin excellence. White oil. with which 1t ls made, is the very best for the simple reason that 1t requires the highest grade raw material to produce white oil, and the Southern Cotton oil company commands the very best of raw material on account of the fact that it's mills are all over the coun- try. DO cotton growers realize the value to them of what is recited In thls sim pie statement? The great difficulty at tending the consumption of cotton oil has been overcome; it los been put in shape that is satisfactory to everybody, and no user of "Snowdrift" ever uses anything else. The consequence of this ls that the oil produced from the man. moth cotton crop grown today fails 10 glut the market, when less than ten years ago a cotton crop two-thirds the size of the present exceeded requirements to such an extent that cotton seed was worth only S or & per ton. Once let me cottoH BIo"ei appitcidte tiic ia't lpit the home consumption of "Snowdrift means high prices for cotton seed to him and the demand for "Snowdrift" will increase and the price for cotton seed will keep on advancing "The Cotton Seed" a little magazine published by the Southern Cotton oil company, Is dis tributed amongst 50000 readers to bring home to them this fact and this com pany is also advertising in 3coo papers to call attention of consumers to this im- portant matter to the mutual beneht of itself and the farmers and planters of the entire south