Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-08
PRODUCTS FROM COTTON SEED.
Startling Revelation on the Value Of
South's STABLE.
NO. 10.


South's Staple.
How many articles are manufactur-
ed from the south's staple?" is a ques-
ton that caused a cotton oil mill man
TO sit down today and figure out just
what can be produced from the cotton
seed. 1t will be quite revelation to
the layman to know how many useful
articles are manufactured from the
ceed that are piled in the farmers
barns
Take a man and give him cotton
seed to start with" said this infor-
| mant. "and he can live on this one ar
ticle in its various manufactured forms
and by the things that indirectly come
from this product. This may sound
little exaggerated, but 1t can all be
figured out Maybe you'll be surpris-
ed to know that two forms Of explo-
sives are made from cotton seed: one.
gun cotton, from the cellulose of the
seed. and the other, nitroglycerine.
from the soap stock of the oil. Let's
see how this is done:
Starting with cotton seed we have
first sand and weed seed, grabots and
clean seed. From the grabots we get
sticks. nails and large pieces Of trash.
also seed cotton. From the seed cot
ton we get cotton and seed This
completes the first round. Then from
the clean seed we get many articles,
but first of all linters and meats and
hulls. The hulls are fed to cattle
and make nutritious feed. From the
linters we get two classes Of articles,
first. mattresses felt. butting w"ds,
paper, rope and some form Of under
wear and cellulose, and from cellu-
lose is made gun cotton.
From the meats come two large
classes, namely. oil and meal AS ev-
eryone knows the oil goes through
processes, and it is from these various
processes that different articles are
secured including edible oils and 9TH
er things I am going to name.
the next process gives us two pro-
ducts. summer yellow oil and soap
stock. From the summer yellow oil
we get the following: Salad oil, star
inc, winter oil and white OIL Going
step farther we get from starine, oleo-
margarine. about which so much has
been said In connection with the un-
just tax by the government; from the
winter oil we get still another form
Of oils; from the white oil we obtain
compound oil used in compound
lards.
I'VE left a few moments ago the
the original oil. From the soap stock
Is obtained fatty acids from which
soap is made, roofing tar, paints and
glycerine and from glycerine is made
list Of articles made from the oil. The
salad oil is in several forms as are
some Of the other articles, but in the
main the refining process gives those
things I have mentioned.
81 stated that from the meats Of
the clean seed came the meal. The
meal furnishes stock food. and stock
food furnishes beef and milk. I be-
lieve that you now begin to see why
I said a few minutes ago that I would
show you how a man could live II he
owned cotton seed and, Of course, had
the means of subjecting 1t to the va
rious processes. But I have not fin
ished yet. From the meal also Is
made bread, cake, crackers and candy.
"Now that you have seen how
man may live. even from his infant
days when he may be nourished on
the milk Of the COWS fed with cotton
seed meal and hulls, and how he may
even furnish the rope for his own
hanging. it is interesting to add that
certain forms Of sickness are also
treated with the product Of the cotton
seed. From the oils Is made an emul-
sion that is said to be very good in
the treatment of tuberculosis and
nervous diseases. And the time has
already passed when there is any ar
gument against the products Of cot
ton seed oil as a nutritious food
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