Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1878 — A New Use for Cotton Seed Oil. [ARTICLE]

A New Use for Cotton Seed Oil.

(New York Bulletin.) Col oi se d. oil has for some time past figured conspicuously among our ir iuinent articles of commerce ou account of the valuable uses it is madefcto serve. The cake is exported luigely, ami the refined oil is growing in importance us a substitute for palm oil for saponaceous purposes in this country and abroad; and, in addition io this, it is shipped in considerable quantities to Mediterranean ports, and after a little doctoring, reshipped here as the olive oil of commerce to no little extent. Numerous unsuccessful attempts have been made to give the oil the necessary qualities as a drying oil for painters’ use, but, nevertheless, experiments have continued, ami now a party residing at Cupleville, near Memphis; Tenn., announces that th® desideratum has been reached. He states that he has discovered a comparatively non-ex-pensive operation by which the cotton seed oil can be made equal to the linseed oil for this purpose, and cites an instance where a house was painted some eight mouths ago with cotton seed oil as a substitute for linseed oil, on which the paint is as bright now as on the day it was applied. - The process employed makes tlm. cotton seed oil a dry oil for house painting that is said to have no superior. It now remains to have a trial of it in the different climates, and in the event of its success cotton planters w.ll find h material addition to the value of their seed, while to consumers there will no doubt be a considerable saving, as a very heavy duty uas to be paid on Calcutta linseed, from which the best grades of linseed oil are crushed. The greatest saving, however, will be in the southern states, as large sums are spent annually in our northern markets for linseed oil for Use in that quarter. Then there is a possibility of a further outlet.— Large quantities of linseed are exported from this country, and if cotton seed oil can be made of desirable quanty the cheapness of price will do the rest.