The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-17
COfton Seed PrOducts.

A report has also been received at the Bureau from Special Agent J. Grs- ham Clark on cotton seed products Tn India, which shows that India IS an inviting field for American enterprise The following extracts are made From his report which will doubtless inter est business men and planters or Ala hana and other cotton producing States and especially those who have kept track of information previously maoe public by the government, and wnlcn appeared at length In The Advertiser
 There are many valuable oil seeds
 grown in India. In the majority or instances the seeds are exported 10 TOT eign countries, the oil extracted ana returned to India, or sold elsewhere at an advapced price. To retain in ID dia the manufacturing profit. oil mills have been started in several sections
 of the country and others are being protected. These are for linseeds rape' or sesamum oil seeds. The native news papers are trying to start g movement in favor of cotton-seed mills. but tne exporters of cotton seed do not appear to favor this.
 Making crude oil from cotton seed is simply a mechanical process con- sisting of cleaning the seed and separ-
 ating the short lint from the seed. removing the hull from the kernel, cooking the meat to the proper con sistency for pressing, and then squeez-
 ing out the oil. leaving the pressed cake Refining the oil Is chemical process consisting of mixing the crude oil with either caustie potash lye Of 45 degrees Baume (3 gallons to 100
 SaIlonsIcrude oi) or lese with soda lye of 30 degrees Baume G gallons to 100 gallons crude oiD. heating the stirring, and then allowing 1t to cool and settie when the clear oil Is poured off, leav- ing the brown soap sediment Both processes are carried on with native workmen. The press used has ram l2 inches in diameter and Is worked at a pressure of 1 1-2 tons per square inch. As usual, the pressure Is ap- piled by pumps. one set having ? 1-2 Inch and the other ses 1-1nch diame- ters. the larger pumps applying the pressure a quiclkly until the meat is well compressed, when the small pumps give the final squeeze. Fifteen minutes suffice to completely extract the oil, which collects in a reservoir under meath. The oil as extracted is deep red color and weighs 1-2 pounds to the gallon.
 There is a large demand for the oil as a lubricant for railroads, etc, and good deal is used in the crude state without refining. The refined oil is used for culinary purposes in India and also in Japan and China. The remain ing residues of oil are used in the man. ufacture of English and country soaps in the Myingyan factory The selling price of the soap varies according to quality. The weights In Burma diff fer in some respects from those used elsewhere in India. In Burma diff tolas in the unit (120 toIas--1 visha, abut 3 ,pounds). The present market price for the refined oil in Burua is about 80 rupees per 1)0 vishas (300 pounds) and about 65 rupees for unre- fined oil The oil Is packed in tins containing about pounds each.
 The residues of hul1s are used for fuel. but could be converted into pot ash and phosphate of lime. Forty pounds of seed produce Is pounds of pressed cake, which IS sold in Burma and India for eeding stock, and the