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teach him that it is desirable to mix so highly concentrated an 
article with coarser and especially with farinaceous substances. 
extend the use of the peanut as a = in this country and the 
prospects of success appear exceller 
In tropical America, a oe pen or Beer is made from 
African oil, besides being produced in the largest ang, is of 
the first quality, bringing from 56 cents to $1.00 a gallon, the 
American next at 59 cents, the Indian poorest at from 40 to 50 
cents 
It may be stated that the manufacture of oil in this country 
has not proven successful, and it is doubtful if any considerable 
quantity is now produced here. 7 
There are various methods for extracting the oil. The ‘cold 
drawn,” produced by a light pressure, with little or no artificial 
heat, is of a very pale yellow or faintly greenish color and has a 
of two of the ee eke acids of eg sat aturated series, namely 
meets acid ( 2,H,,O,), along with 
oleic acid of ns aie series.’ 
An important fact in regard to this oil is that if it be freed from 
a small amount of free fatty acid present in it, it shows much less 
