Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — How Cotton Is Utilized. [ARTICLE]

How Cotton Is Utilized.

The United States is the “land of cotton.” Nowhere else In the world is cotton grown in such and put to such a variety of uses, according to Popular Science Monthly. The fiber is made into doth; the oil from the seeds Is used as a cheap substitute for olive oil and as a basis for lard, and now the seeds themselves are being ground into flour and used for food purposes. Gingersnaps and jumbles are made from it, and it is mixed with finely-chopped meat and tied in sausage links. To make the cottonseed sausage, three pounds of sausage meat is mixed with one pound of cottonseed flour. This flour Is said to contain as much nutrition as the meat which it takes the place of, and to effect a saying of 8 cents a pound on the sausage.