Excerpt from Research on Cottonseed and Cottonseed Products at the Southern Utilization Research and Development Division: A Bibliography of Publications, With AbstractsOnly a little more than a century ago cottonseed was generally regarded as a waste product of the cotton industry, to be disposed of at some trouble and expense. So radically has this sit nation changed, however, that today the nine to 11 billion pounds of cottonseed produced annually in the United States return approximately $2 50 million to the grower. After processing, the products attain a value of about $1. 5 billion at the consumer level.Although production of cottonseed is generally considered incidental to the production of lint cotton, the seed is an item in the livelihood of the approximately 2, 300, 000 persons living on farms on which cotton is grown. Some 418, 000 workers not living on cotton farms are em ployed there at the peak of the season. In addition to these, the cotton gins employ some 51, 000 workers, and cottonseed oil mills another 12, 000 during operating periods. To these numbers can be added 3, 000 more employed in plants manufacturing shortening and cooking oils.Research has been largely responsible for converting this erstwhile waste product into one of great value, both from the economic standpoint and as a source of products to meet the needs of humanity, directly or indirectly. Many individuals, industrial firms, independent research organizations, universities, and state and Federal agencies have participated in the research responsible for these advances, and none more vigorously than the cottonseed industry itself through the National Cottonseed Products Association and other representative organizations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.