UTILIZATION OF WASTE TOMATO SEEDS AND SKINS. 13 
be reduced to two products, namely, fixed oil and meal, each of which 
may be made commercially useful. 
The oil from the seeds should find ready disposal as an edible oil 
or as a Soap oil, as shown by the experiments made to determine its 
applicability to these purposes. By proper treatment it can be made 
seful as a drying oil for paint and varnish purposes. 
The meal has been shown by analysis and comparison with other 
meals to possess valuable qualities as stock feed, and the utility of 
_the meal for this purpose should therefore be assured. 
The accumulation of tomato residues occurs principally in two sec- 
tions of the United States, namely, the North-Central States lying 
east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio Rivers and the North 
Atlantic States. The reduction of this waste material to oil and 
meal could be handled most logically by establishing reducing plants 
at some central point in each of these sections, where the crude ma- 
terial could be collected with the least expense for transportation and 
handling. A cooperative plan of manufacture would perhaps be the 
most feasible and effective method for establishing the industry upon 
a practical basis. 
In view therefore of the threatened shortage of fatty oils and in 
the interest of food conservation, tomato refuse may be considered as 
an available source for the manufacture of oil and oil cake. As the 
demand for tomato products increases, the quantity of this waste 
material will also increase, and it is suggested as an economic measure 
of both agricultural and industrial importance that the utilization 
of this material be considered. 




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