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together over fifty useful products made from 

 cotton seed. The following gives the average 

 quantity of the chief products from a ton of 

 seed, with a list of articles made from each: 



{Batting, stuffing, hats, 

 ropes, twines, carpets. 

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cellulose, paper, and 

 explosives 



2 . Hulls 840 pounds Feed ' fei l ili2er > P a ? er ' 



and stuffing 



3. Cake or meal 730 pounds Feed, fertilizer 



{Soap stock, lard, cotto- 

 lene, butter, salad oil, 

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olive oil, miners oil, lu- 

 bricating oil and paints 



Uses of Cotton Seed Oil. There was for a 

 long time considerable prejudice against the 

 use of cotton seed oils in food products. This 

 has now been largely overcome, and we find 

 them used extensively in the manufacture of 

 compound lard and cottolene; compound butter 

 and cooking oils; in the manufacture of com- 

 pound olive oil; and, in fact, nearly all compound 

 oils now used in this country are composed 

 largely of cotton seed oil. The cheaper grades 

 are used largely in making soap, washing powder, 

 glycerine, candles, and other necessaries which 



