The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-01

 be reinforced. Nothing Is better as a commercial fertilizer than the meal that is left after the oil is extracted from the cotonseed
 But cottonseed meal does not go to- enrich cotton lands alone. Il is just as good a fertilizer for wheat lands or corn lands or any other lands as it is for cotton lands How widely it is used as a fertilizer is gauged only by the price at which 1t can be sold to the ia rmer. When other commercial fer tilizers are selling at high prices she knows there will be strong demand for cottonseed meal On the contrary when other. commercial fertilizers arc quoted at low figures. this fact has sits bearing upon the trade to a decided degree. tt
 But after she has familiarized her self regarding the crop. regarding the animal feeding question and regarding the fertilizer prospect, she has lot Of other matters to consider. Once more she turns her attention to Chicago. Lard becomes her study. From S00,000 to 1,20o,00 barrels of cottonseed oil go each year into the making of com pound lard Most of the persons who use this compound lard do not know the difference between 1t and the real stuff that comes from the hog. Whether the trade will demand S00.000 barrels of this cottonseed oil for this use, or 100000 barrels, rests largely upon the price of hog lard and it's relation to the price of cottonseed oil.
 Then she has to know what the soap makers are doing. There Is lot of soap made in Cincinnati, Jersey City, Boston and other cities. The soap makers buy considerable amount of cottonseed oil. The quantity is meas ured only by the price of that commod- ity and the supply of and the price for tallow and other soap materials.
 Next she has to know all about but ter Not many substitutes for butter are used in this country, but there is a tremendous trade in this line in Eu- rope. When butter is high in Germany. England and France the ships that leave Galveston, New Orleans. Savan- nah and Charleston carry a fair amount of cottonseed oil that is destined for the oleomargarine churners of those lands Tens of thousands of barrels of cottonseed oil go to Rotterdam alone some seasons to be made into butterine and oleomargarine. To know how the demand is going to be from this section 1 Miss Ballou must keep her weather eye on the precipitation reports from Denmark. Holland Belgium, Germany. 1 France and Great Britain. She must know if the pasturage is good. if the suns are not too strongean if the cat tie are healthy and strong. Denmark gets her attention particularly for Denmark is the great dairy land of Europe.
 As if this were not enough. she must be fully informed regarding the various vegetable oils their price. the visible stock and the supply thatis coming. She lmust know about cocoanut oil. palm oil, soya bean oil linseed oil. and particular lily about olive oil. Cottonseed oil com petes to a decided degree with olive oil. and there is vast quantity of it that is marketed as olive oil and that the gen e.a public does not distinguish from olixe oil Within recent years the people of the Mediterranean countries have l taken to using cottonseed oil largely for eating and cooking purposes. If the c,ive crop is poor the demand for cotton seed oil will be much increased. So Miss Ballou must keep a watch on the olive groves of the world. Some years Mar