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trees give us fruit. It is quite generally claimed by anatomists that 

 the human digestive tract was made by and for a diet of fruit and nuts, 

 which, therefore, are even now likely to be our most normal diet. 



6) COTTONSEED MEAL AS HUMAN FOOD 1 

 BY G. S. FRAPS 



The use of cottonseed meal as a human food was proposed several 

 years back. For example, breads, etc., prepared from cottonseed 

 meal were served to certain members of the Farmers' Congress held 

 at College Station, Texas, some years ago. 



The agitation for the use of this substance as a human food has 

 recently been extended and has attracted considerable attention. 

 Cottonseed breads and other edibles made from cottonseed meal have 

 been placed upon the market at Brenham, Longview, and especially 

 at Ennis, Texas. Mrs. Dan McCarty, of Ennis, Texas, claims to be 

 the first and only purveyor of cottonseed flour, bread, and cakes, and 

 her products have attracted considerable attention. Mr. J. W. 

 Allison, who has been agitating this matter for some time, induced 

 Mrs. McCarty to place this cottonseed flour bakery upon the market, 

 and the experiment appears at present to be successful. The follow- 

 ing products are being sold: cottonseed bread, cottonseed rolls, 

 cottonseed steamed bread, cottonseed gingerbread, cottonseed ginger 

 snaps, cottonseed doughnuts, cottonseed Jeff Davis plum pudding. 

 Samples of certain of these goods, and also of the cottonseed flour, 

 have been kindly furnished to us by Mr. Allison. 



Cottonseed flour as made by Mr. Allison is cottonseed meal which 

 has been specially treated, so as to remove the hulls as thoroughly as 

 possible. It is also finely ground. Cottonseed flour should be free 

 from hulls, of a bright yellow color, and with a pleasant odor and a 

 sweetish taste. 



The bakery products which we examined had a yellow or brown 

 color, and a pleasant taste. They are, in all respects, entirely pala- 

 table. What was left after the samples were taken for analysis 

 was eaten by the various members of the laboratory staff and by 

 visitors. 



The yellow or brown color is, of course, not noticeable in ginger 

 snaps or gingerbread. The color cannot fail to attract attention to 

 the lightbread, or steamed bread. This color may be considered 



1 Adapted from Bulletin 128, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, pp. 5-14 



