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Show Germany's Substitute For American Oils Wo have exported In times past, largo quantities of oil and fats to Germany, especially animal fat from our slaughter house Industries and cottonseed oil. Ily a treatment with hydrogen tho German chemist transforms trans-forms cheap grades of oils and fatty wastes of nil kinds, and most important import-ant of alt, the fish oils of tho Swedish Swed-ish nnd Norweg an fisheries, Into edible edi-ble fats. Thero has also been extensive cultivation cul-tivation of the sunflower, tho seed of which furnishes an excellent oil that is already largely used for food purposes pur-poses in Russia. As sunllowers grow almost anywhere, sudlclent seed may bo raised from which oil could bo obtained as a substltuto for American Ameri-can cottonseed ol. For Germany this oil would bo of further advantage, advan-tage, for when mixed with tho distillation distil-lation products of lignite coal It affords af-fords excellent lubricants to replace our best cylinder oils, besides having other uses. For this purpose Italian ollvo o'l had already been Imported during tho war In large quantities, but this traffic Is now interrupted, owing to Italy's entrance to tho war. As curiosities In the search for foodstuffs, wo might further mention tho attempt of tho chem'st to utillzo tho fresh blood of slaughtered animals, ani-mals, which contains highly nutritious nutriti-ous substances. Long before tho war, bread mado with tho addition of fresh blood to tho dough was eat-, un li some parts of Europe, especially especial-ly In Finland. 'This tastes llko black ryo bread, Is ory nutritious, nnd very economical. It Is Interesting to noto hero that during certain rellgl-, ous festivals a confectloh consisting of chocolate and fresh blood la sold in Naples and eaten by the women. From Tho Chemist's Sldo of tho ( War, by Hugo Schweitzer, In tho American Revlow of Reviews for August. |