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The Mysore Economic Conference Industries and Commerce Committee Bulletin No. 19. Cotton Seet Products with special reference to the prospects of the Cotton Seed Oil Industry in the Mysore State

1914

C. Ranganatha Rao Sahib the Secretary of the Industries and Commerce Committee to afford information regarding the objects of the Promters of the Cotton Seed Oil Company and the prospects of the commercial success of such a venture. [...] In a Note on Cotton published under the authority of the Commercial Intelligence Department of the Goernment of India it is estimated on the average of the three years ending 1912-13 that the value of the annual cotton crop with the cotton seed is about Rs. [...] Several pioneers who had in the meanwhile attempted to found the industry suffered heavy financial losses and the remarkable progress after the industry was once established is clue to the increase in scientific knowledge and industrial achievement which have opened the eyes of the public to the real value of the cotton seed products and invented processes enabling them to make use of the same. [...] The method19 that is usually adopted to test the food value of any material is to multiply the percentage of albuminoids and fats found in it by 21 and to add to the sum of the figures obtained the percentage of carbohydrates. [...] But all problems connected with the manufacturing side of the industry were carefully considered with the assistance of the best technical advice and the initial difficulties about the creation of a local market for the hulls and the export of a large percentage of the cake at remunerative prices were tackled and solved.
commerce industry
Pages
49
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.147300
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii C. Rao Saheb view
Frontmatter
i-ii Alfred Chatterton view
Cotton Seed Products
1-35 C. Rao Saheb view
Appendices
i-ix C. Rao Saheb view

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