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Traces the story of the cottonseed industry from its antebellum origins through its transformation during the first half of the 20th century. Details the mechanics of cottonseed oil production, the organization of the industry, and the effects of cottonseed price fixing and politics, WWI, antitrust legislation, and the New Deal. Includes bandw photos and diagrams. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
"A thorough overview, with illustrations, of the cottonseed byproduct industry emerging at the time of publication. The cottonseed industry stood at the center of what would become several storms over food adulteration, substitute products, and the industrialization of food in general. Excerpt: ' ...but there are independent manufacturers of oleomargarine located near the packing centres who prefer to buy the fat as it is taken from the animal and work it into neutral by their own process. In the packing plants the leaf fat is taken from the animal immediately after killing, hung on mounted racks, and wheeled into refrigerators to remove as quickly as possible all animal heat. It is next cho...
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