The Washington herald., 1908-08-07

migh- not replace with a vegetable coun-
terparL COttOnseed oil may be made 70
take the place Of many kinds of animal
food Il serves admirably in the making
Of substitutes for butter and lard. the
finest soaps are made from it, and even
the cylinders for graphophones are made
from the residue in refining the oil
Some idea Of the relative Importance Of
the cottOnseed industry here and abroad
may be gathered from the fact that while
the exports of cottonseed oil for the whole
world amount TO about 5S.000.0O0 gallons,
nearly 100000 gallons Of this come from
the United States II will be seen from
this that nowhere else IN the cotton grow
ing world is there such a utilization Of
c0ttonseed as there is IN the United
States The total cotton crop Of the
world amounts TO some 10000C0 bales
The United States produces about I4Oc0.-
900 bales Of this, and yet it produces nine
ten1hs Of the cottOnseed products annual
ly, exporting about 2000. C00.0o0 pounds Of
oil cake and oil cake meal nearly one
half Of the worlds international trade in
this commodity
But great as Is the present day OUTPUT
OF cOttOnseed products. il is nothing like
thar Indicated for the future. Even in
the present cotton-growing territory Of
the United States there is not more than
one acre out OF eleven used In the grow
ing Of cotton As the principles OF crop
rotation are learned by the average cot
ton planter the acreage can be doubled
without any necessary Inconvenience
And this takes no account Of the posi-
bility Of widening the range Of the cot
ton-growing territory by the introduction
OF frost-resisting plans No less an au-
thority than Secretary Wilson says that
il viii be an easy matter 10 Danish bum
blebee" cotton and 10 make each acre
yield a bale where now II yields a half
bale. Should this be accomplished It
would mean that the total yield Of cotton
can be brought up to 100000 bales. with
. 10000 tons or 1500. 10000 bushels Of cot
tonseed.
That this amount OF cotton VIII be ulti-
mately needed viii appear when il is re-
lated that Of the billion and a half Of
people in the world to-day. there are Only
soo.00o000 who are fully clothed. go 0J0. .1gl
OF the remainder go partially clothed
and 250o0o.0o0 still go around fl aboriginal
nakedness. with probably a cloth about
+A-I-A 4'l4-S AZ AA4lF EFeS5 LEe present
population of the world would require
4. 2.o10,o00 bales Of cotton a year. Il is
fOrecasted that the population Of the
world in the year 20o9 VIII be in the
nelghborhOOd OF 5.000. .000.g00 souls. Ger
tainly by that time We can hope TO see
everybody deceGtly clothed. and this
would require more than q. 5.009115 bales Of
cotton The bulk Of this would have 10
come from the United States.
During the civil war the Indian farm
ers committed all sorts Of absurdities.
so high did the price Of cotton become
such as buying silver piow shares and
solid silver cart tires. 10 grace The profit
able cotton fields Yet under the wonder
ful stimulation Of the highest prices ever
known. prices that made every cotton
grower immensely rich. the best yield
that India could show did not reach the
s. 3.o,-fUl0-bale mark From this il viii be
seen that the worlds hope for cotton and
its products must always be csutsred IN
the Southern part OF the United States.
and that as the years come and 60 cot
tOnseed VIII advance II price cou-en-
surats with its food value
tCoTyTisht. I0s. b. Frederic J Haskl-)
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