The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-26

variety of shapes, for there Is latent in
1t the possibilities greater than that
of a gold mine. Even when crude the oil
| can serve several purposes. 1t is used to
make paint, and I'M the stead of linz
seed oil is said to kulfill the office of
substitute to the detriment Of the ORR
ginal. 1t is used to make soap. both
for the toilet and for heavy washing.
1t Is a lubricant of the finest, an illi-
munant, an excellent leather dressing.
Cotton oil can be made into paint at
about half the price paid for ready
made paint.
But in the field Of household industry
the cotton seed oil proves its greatest
worth. 1t is an excellent cooking oil,
and in many houses has taken the
place of the hog lard. In the South
some intangible prejudice exists
against 1t own product, but 1t is being
overridden by the newer generations.
coming into its own. Authorities say
that it deserves the reward. DIR. Har-
vey w. Wiley has said that:
Cotton seed oil is as good or better
for food for the man who needs heat
and energy than any bacon. I believe
cotton seed oil is a wholesome, pala-
table, nutritious cooking, salad and
table oil. I intend to work for It till
some one shows me II is unwholesome,
It is for 81, 900, 900 out OF the $4,000, 000
of the inhabitants Of the United States
1t Is a wholesome and nutrient oil. One
unit of cotton seed oil Will furnish
| two and one-half times as much heat
and energy as the same quality OF
grain"
DR.. Wiley is chief of the Bureau OF
Chemistry, Of the United States depart
| ment of Agriculture.
Vegetable oil. grown from the earth,
and manufactured without the touch
OF hands or the contamination OF
chemicals, holds on the face OF the
which comes from the fat OF hogs.
Salad oil is another form of the
cotton seed oil. So is the table oil. One
writer, endorsing cotton seed oil In
glowing terms. has said that the
greatest recommendation that the
| seed oil can have is the almost pro-
hibitive tariff on It by the countries in
which olive growing plays a big part
For cotton seed oil. refined. has taken
the place Of olive oil-and the name
too. In some instances-and no one has
been the loser or the grumb1er
Cotton Seed Tee Cream.
! Cotton seed oil ice cream is one OF
the latest Of delicacies. 1t has proven
popular. Cottonseed OIL ana eggs are
frozen together as the essential in
gradients and the result Is a delicious
Ice Visitors to the state fair at Van
diver Park last year were afforded a
| taste OF the ice cream.
Cotton oil has even invaded the field
of medicine. 1t Is nm efficient skin
food: it has proven of use I'm scalp dis
| eases to clean the skin and to aid the
! hair in its growth; burns. scalds. cuts
| stiff Joints. sore throat. yield to its ap-
plIcation: It has been used with success
! in cases OF rheumatism. dyspepsia con-
stipation: IT has been proven OF advan'
tage to physicians when appendicitis
was the ailment OF the patient.
And now comes DIR. George Brown
ex-President of the anti-tubersulosis
league OF America. to say that. whereas
ninetv-three percent of cotton seed OF
is digestibIe. with only twenty-five
percent Of meat digestible seventy-f1vt
nercent Of the people can take and di'
pest cottonseed oil. while only twenty.
FIVE percent can take and digest coo
liver oil. "It is today greatest fiesf
former. tissue builder ana recontruc'
1tive tonic of any preparation known
to man"
And so, from this. the physician,
have been looking to cotton seed OF
in cases OF tuberculosis. It has worked
in some instances as few medicinei
have ever done. scientific men look IL
an Improvement in its application al
time goes on.
And with all this. the story is MOI
half told. The chemical Analysis OF
! cotton seed nroductG reveals untold