Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-02-12
Tine Uses of Cotton
Seed Products.
Am Essay by Miss Marion
A. Wright of Trenton.
s. G..

Formerly one of the greatest
wastes to the southern farmer was
his cotton seed. His barns and
storage rooms became filled With
this practically useless product,
and often setting aside enough to
feed his COWS and for planting
purposes, the rest was hauled
away to waste-lands in an effort to
get rid of it. Fifty years ago it
was only a bulky and useless gar
bage, unfit for any use save as
cattle-food, and it was not to be
used in this manner when good
butter was desired.
In 1870 experiments showed
that when the oil was pressed out
the residue made good fertilizer.
In 1880 it was proved that the
hulls and meal made good COW
food, and in ten years more it had
become a staple for man.
The first step in dividing cotton
seed into their most useful parts
ls the removal Of the hulls, which,
unlike natures other protectors
of her fruit, are very useful.
The principle use of hulls ia as
a substitute for hay in the feed
in. of cattle. Their inexpensive
ness and superiority are fast max
ing them popular as roughage.
But they are used lprincipally
wit sot son aatsal N TINS
FInannsr.
AS a stuf6ng for collar-pads
etc, they are used almost entirely
Cotton seed hulls are used to some
extent as fuel and the remaining
ashes are rich in potash. Hence
they are used in fertllizing and in
the manufacture of soap.
After the hulls have been re.
moved the next step is the press.
ing out after the kernels have
been put under a pressure of thre4
thousand five hundred pounds tc
the square inch.
Chief among the uses of cotton
seed oil is its use as an edible.
Pure oil may be obtained from
any progressive grocer at cost
of about six and one half cents &
pound. This is about one half the
cost of lard. AS a cooking oil it is
superior to lard. 1t is pure and
healthful, while, as every one
knows, is ruinous to the digest.
i've organs. Oleomargerine made
from this oil, is much purer than
the artificial butter generally used.
AS a substitute for olive oil it
is being largely used by the poor
er class of people. This is advised
by eminent physicians chiefly be-
cause of the purity of cotton seed
oil. The oliveahangs on a tree ex-
posed to the attacks of bugs, in
sects and any filth or germs that
may be carried about by the air
1t is gathered by hand and bauled
to the mill in boxes. No doubt
many of them become bruised
and crushed, causing decay. FL
nally in this condition they reach
the machinery.
How about the cotton seed? IL
it's first appearance it is protected
by hard toll. To cut this boil OF
bore a holeinto it kills the growth
and the seed are never gathered.
Thus, all danger Of the seeds
being Injured by worms or insects
is removed. After the boil opens
the seed are protected b & he lint,
which, bacteriologists tell US. ah-
solutely prevents the passage OF
any microbe. After the lint has
been removed th" kernels, which
contain the oil, are protected by
hard casing, which can only bt
cut by a sharp knit. Further
more, the seed are absolu 81,
sterilized at q temperature OF
225 degrees F. No germ cap liv
in that heat. In the whole c1uri
of the preparation of the oil, hn-
man hands never touch the seed
The contrast is striking. And
pet, so-called pure oliva oil sells