The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-19
Will the South Be Made the Dupe of
the Big Packing Houses?

ests. are all lined up with the large packing In
terests on the side OF that arch fraud. oleomarg-
arine. and against the dairy interests. We have
confidence In the honesty and patriotism of the
men who are thus working against the real agri-
cultural interests of the South, but they are mis-
guided innocents.
The avowed reason for their remarkable posi-
ton on this oleomargarne question. is that large
quantities OF cottonseed oil used in the manu-
facture OF oleomargarne. and that TO encourage
the sale OF this product will increase the demand
for and raise the price OF cottonseed oil. and con-
sequently. the price of cottonseed.
Let us see what the real facts are In 1909
there were manufactured s5.ooo.oo pounds OF
oeomargarine. butterine. renovated butter. etc-
On an average this did not contain o per cen, OF
cottonseed oil, but to be certain TO DO above the
actual quantity used. let suppose all this stun
made In imitation OF butter contained an average
OF 90 per cent co,tonseed oil. In such case 4,
would contain 100000 pounds OF cottonsssd
OIL Let compare this with the oil produced.
Taking the cotton crop as 100000 bales. this
would give about 6.5oo.ooo tons of seed II three
fourths of those seed were handled by tho oil mills
OF seed. the total oil produced would be i..sa.-
100000 pounds. On this basis Jus, Ia per cont
OF the oil produced used In oleomargarine
AS matter OF fact. however We arc well with
In the limit OF certainty when wo state that no,
more than one-half of one per cent OF our cotton
seed oil went into American oleomargarino How
much will II benefit Southern agriculture TO neIl
100000 gallons OF cottonsced oil for $500. 900
to 90 into product that never was sold honestly
to consumers. but first obtained it's place In tho
market. and has always maintained II By being
made In imitation OF butter and generally sold n.
butter? The money which this fraudulent COM
pound will take out of the South. over and ahox.
its real value and because 1t is allowed TO ma.-
auerade as butter. will exceed ,en-fold tina, re-
eeiVed from the sale OF all tho cottonaeed oil
which 1t contains
But there Ia another side OF this question. which
the Southern advocates of oleomarrarina ...,
never to have considered. Soil Improvement, 4.
one great problem of the South to-day. To bu,is
up Southern soils. II is essential TO devotion and
maintain live stock industry or all the phase.
OF the live stock industry. butter-maklng remove.
least from the farm: and the dairyman can nav
more for feeding sturs than can h. n.,s ,x -.
FEEDER OF any other class OF live stock Mora
over. the dairymen OF the entire country so,,,
anu North ahke-are the largest purchasers of
co'tohseed meal and can and will pay the highes,
prices for It, Not only is the sale of cottonseed
meal to dairymen worth many times. To tho col,
TON oil interests. what they can ever hope TO oh
tain from the oeomargarine manufacturers for
couonseed oil; but In encouraging the dairy inter
ests they would be building up an Industry which
would mean greater soil fertility and greater pros-
perity to the entire South
oieomargarine. while In no sense the eopal n,