Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — Home Output of Peanut Oil Is Now Only Second to That Of Linseed and Cottonseed [ARTICLE]

Home Output of Peanut Oil Is Now Only Second to That Of Linseed and Cottonseed

The war has brdhght the peanut into its own. Before 1914 peanut oil was almost unknown as an article of domestic manufacture and thousands of gallons were Imported every year from countries that grew no peanuts, all hough the South was producing millions of pounds and capable of increasing that production almost Indefinitely. But In 1917 the output of peanut oil had so increased that It ranked third amdhg all the vegetable oils made from home-grown products, being exceeded only by cottonseed oil end -linseed oil. Peanut oil. It is pointed out by experts in ailment, serves practically the same food purposes as does cottonseed oil, and has the advantage that it can be obtained by cold pressing like olive oil, and becomes thereby a superior table oil. It has the advantage over cottonseed oil also in that the cake, after the ell Is pressed out, forms a palatable human food very-high in protein. " A survey by the federal bureau of markets shows the great gain in the production and use of peanuts, not only for oil but for peanut butter, and as, a substitute for more costly nuts or as a component part in confectionery.