The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
HA S KIN Z. & TIE B
By-Preducts Of Cotton
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

: By FEEDER
The short market for cotton this
year IS being partially compensated,
by the increased use OF its by-proS-l
ucts, which have multiplied eno-71
mously during the last FIVE years
For instance, considerable portion
OF that great American delicacy. ice
cream, offered for sale during this
sumner Will be enriched by a certain
fatty substance secured from refined
cotton seed oil Cotton oil ice cream
has been secretly on the market for
about three years. It is likely TO be-
made openly and IN larger quaint
ties this season than ever before.
because of the improved methods by
which the oil is blended with thei
milk to form cream OF exception
al quality and favor.
This process must not be regarded
as adulteration, because the suostIl
tuition is not only harmless, but
wholesome. Chemical studies now
being carried on indicate that the
cotton oil, when properly refined, has
qualities calculated to aid dlgeS1oa.
and that an ice in which a small per!
centage Of oil IS blended may be less
difficult to digest than product COM
posed of pure dairy cream Inc pure
food law will interfere with an e&-l
tensive selling of the combination
product as genuine cream.
AS fat for cooking, and also for
salad dressing. cotton seed Oil has
not become genuinely accepted. al
though experiments are still beng
TO determine its food
value. In the food experiment sta
ton of the department OF agriculture
one of the young scientists has oeen
conducting experiments during the
tanning the best fats for frying pol
tatoes. in order to secure the max
mum amount OF nutrition. Cotton
seed oil has been found to meet ali
the tests most satisfactorily a oul-
letin upon this subject is low IN
preparation by the deparmen
Several years ago, at the state
farnNrs' convention held at ColieSe
Park. Tex, q number of articles OF
food composed Of cotton seed meal
or dou.S were introduced with such
good results that econsiderablsI
Quantity OF this meal is now being
used in that and other southern
states for human consumption Many
small mills are making II. ana
number of large mills have lately m
troduced it. There is no secret pro-
49,, tie 500 round fine and
+se. ,,abII1hoited, It cannot be kept
49, &c ~. flayorSranidIy deteriorates
after being ground II resembles
corn meal IN this respect. as only the
freshly grolnd corn is best for hu-
man food
No other American product con.
s 1850 and nIosnerity as cotton.
go oart.iyiy no other has so great
s-,f,,e :, reducing the cost of liv-
- co,,o,,oit.- 7,-al,1es in etfiis
| Us 80 hai1 . discovered contin-
Iii. The average schoolboy finds
\ ts,,,s,:.1f -danenden1 upon cotton for
\ tiinEs1 a+t.fns ne food his school
us, nls rSc,as4;one and sports. the
eo'S.t.S, 80. bo,oaand countless
49,. - is,,,c+e RI his welfare
! ott n SO CIV in the morning from a
I con1fortabIe bed. including a cotton
sTnisoi n "a corIon~ sheets. com
! f..+S.nd freonently cotton blankets.
| ~ ha+bas nsirg a soap made chiefly
/! - oc-+o,, seed oil Ee dresses him
sa,f@ =, corron clothes and proceeds to
! 80 49,, - ',-oo,,, TO eat his breakfast
! tns -, s,ts *ron cotton seed oil
! =. -. . substitute for butter
inslS 80, .se. the irving material for
Il - .<.sss,.,, oIber foods. 1t is quite
4 l possT +b,r he eats -riddle cakes. at
PC. -, ,4Is1Iy-s made of cotton seed
.e<ss 49, nnmhers of the varieties of
1900 1onr contain a percentage
o@ 1J,ie meal. which adds to the rich
800 Nayor of the cakes pro
n .tse 90 scbool he studies from
Il sosi-s how'd in boards made of cot
ooohs go aod corered with cotton
s sUm - ie nrobable in the near fu-
80 +,,at t1,e printed pages upon
~; nc ,essons are printed. as well