President Scherer's "Cotton as a World Power" (Stokes, 1916) is a
fascinating volume that combines the history, science and politics of
the plant and does not ignore the poetry and legend.
In the Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1916 will be found
an interesting article by H.S. Bailey on "Some American Vegetable Oils"
(sold separate for five cents), also "The Peanut: A Great American Food"
by same author in the Yearbook of 1917. "The Soy Bean Industry" is
discussed in the same volume. See also: Thompson's "Cottonseed Products
and Their Competitors in Northern Europe" (Part I, Cake and Meal; Part
II, Edible Oils. Department of Commerce, 10 cents each). "Production and
Conservation of Fats and Oils in the United States" (Bulletin No. 769,
1919, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture). "Cottonseed Meal for Feeding Cattle"
(U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmer's Bulletin 655, free).
"Cottonseed Industry in Foreign Countries," by T.H. Norton, 1915
(Department of Commerce, 10 cents). "Cottonseed Products" in _Journal of
the Society of Chemical Industry_, July 16, 1917, and Baskerville's
article in the same journal (1915, vol. 7, p. 277). Dunstan's "Oil Seeds
and Feeding Cakes," a volume on British problems since the war. Ellis's
"The Hydrogenation of Oils" (Van Nostrand, 1914). Copeland's "The
Coconut" (Macmillan). Barrett's "The Philippine Coconut Industry"
(Bulletin No. 25, Philippine Bureau of Agriculture). "Coconuts, the
Consols of the East" by Smith and Pope (London). "All About Coconuts" by
Belfort and Hoyer (London). Numerous articles on copra and other oils
appear in _U.S. Commerce Reports_ and _Philippine Journal of Science_.
"The World Wide Search for Oils" in _The Americas_ (National City Bank,
N.Y.). "Modern Margarine Technology" by W. Clayton in _Journal Society
of Chemical Industry_, Dec. 5, 1917; also see _Scientific_ _American
Supplement_, Sept. 21, 1918. A court decision on the patent rights of
hydrogenation is given in _Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry_ for December, 1917. The standard work on the whole subject is
Lewkowitsch's "Chemical Technology of Oils, Fats and Waxes" (3 vols.,
Macmillan, 1915).