Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-29
AGRICULTURAL
.2Ss2SSSduCAfiOn
-~AS AND SUCCESSFUL EARRING
S-:-ss5 /" ANDREWMS oULE
Increasing OIL Content of Cotton Seed

The oil derived from cotton seed has
now come 10 occupy most important
place I'm our domestic economy Looked
upon with Indifference some years ago
DC has now come 10 ue resarded rs one
Of the desirable and essential coustit-
uents OF the family dietary. or course
10 has long been known that tat was Cd
necessary constituent OF any ration sat
isfactorily adapted To the needs of hui
man beings oil has long been used for
the purpose OF building up the system
OF any Individual run down by disease
Tor many years. for example. cod liver
oil was regarded with great favor by
physicians Tor use with persons affected
with tuberculosis. Fat Is an energy
and one coUIu not perform work or KEEP
The UOJy in satisfactory condition and
equilibrium unless a sufficient number
Of heat-pr0duciug units OF calorles, a.
they are technically called. were con-
stunned 20 meet the bodily requirements.
Taken for granted. therefore, that IA.
Is OF such essential ana primary lmpor-
JauCe IN the dietary, the question de-
wolves into one OF providing ID i'm "A cheap
paIatable and easily disested and asslil-
Hated form While fat may be derived
from many sJuIces, nature has attempt-
"a 10 supply the needs OF man ia this
respect by providing seeds which when
pressed yield aE abundance VI vegetable
oil of choice quality and which possess
a pleasant flavor and may be 80 refined
as 10 be almost C0l0Tless- These oils
prove equally valuable as substitutes Tor
materials ordinarily used Ior shortening.
such as butter ana lard, Tor trying and
] uJne preparation of salads The ell de-
rived from cotton seed possesses all Oi
yhese desirable qualities and may be-
n
= reasonable cost III constitutes one
of the most important by-pIOduCts OF
the cotton seed. Ia spite of the preJu-
dice which formerly existed in some
quarters against it. d. has now become
very popular and IL used with equal SAT-
isfactiOu for all the purposes for which
the much more expensive anu less avail
able olive oil was formerly used. H.
fact. when properly refined. it is doubt
1ul " many could tell the difference be-
tween cotton seed oil and olive oil More
ever, It Is said On good authority tnat a
coed deal OF the cotton seed oil exported
from the United States Is used TO in-
crease the volume Of the s0-called olive
oil imported from various European
CenJers- The demand for cotton seed oil
Is now such that the price is likely 20
De considerably enhanced, and therefore,
The seed which contains high per cent
Of IL becomes more valuable To Jhe pro-
Queer and 10 the manufacturer as we'll
Strange 40 say. the question Of the
influence OF soil climate and variety on
the oil content OF the seed is "A subject
which has not received the serious at.
JentiOn which it's Importance merits
For several years past the College OF
Agriculture has been eudeavoring ia
make Investigations along the lines indi-
Gated and some very interesting and
rather surprising results have been OBJ
tanned II appears, for instance. that
a wide variation lu the oil content OF
different varieties exist Tests made
during the years 1914 and 1915 indicate
for instance. that some varieties yield
> per cent or more OF oil with fair
degree OF regularity. other varieties do
not produce more than 13 10 20 per cent
OF oil. repre- sentins. as is easily seen
a considerable variation In the oil con.
tent or different varieties. In fact, IN,
tests inauguraJed have shown that the
gross amount OF oil contained in Ger,
tain varieties may not average much
over ~ 10 80 per cent, whereas. il
other varieties IL may run from 81 TO g.
per cent IL has not been uncommon Il
ind variation of ten gallons in the
total oil content OF some varieties. and
in. other instances this has reached 2
difference OF fourteen gallons per ton
II Is thus evident That the value OF
the seed derived from one variety may
be greatly exceeded by that from an
other variety from the standpoint OF
production alone If we accord a value
'OI only 90 cents a gallon 10 the oil, the
variation would amount ON the basis OF
ten gallons q ton 20 S.. With oil selling
al prices which have prevailed thi.
year. the difference would amount TO IS
From the experience had up TO date, 81
is evident that while season and soil
conditions affect the oil content TO some
extent. the primary cause is due TO tbs
inherent qualities possessed by some va
rieties which apparently enable them tC
elaborate a larger amount Of oil thar
others OF course. the vestiga tiOI
must stiu be REGARDED as in its initia
stages and hence il would not be SAT,
10 draw any definite conclusions. bu
the data contained in The table below
viii no doubt be studied with interes
0y farmers generally