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AGRICULTURE REPORT - How to Strike Oil (From Seeds, That Is)
By Gary Garriott


Broadcast: Tuesday, July 19, 2005


I'm Jim Tedder 1 with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.


 
Where cottonseed oil begins 
From the beginning of human history, people have used oils from seeds and nuts. Most of the time these oils are used as food, especially in cooking. But sometimes they have other uses. For example, oils are found in paint and in cleaning products, like soap.


Oil is separated from seeds by using pressure. A machine called a press is often used. Sometimes it is surprising to learn how much oil the seeds contain. Sesame, cotton and sunflower seeds, for example, all contain at least fifty percent oil.


Soybean is an important seed around the world, but it is only twenty percent oil. So chemicals are needed to release 2 oil from soybeans.


The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is to crush 3 the seeds between two stones. A cloth container or bag is filled with the crushed 4 seeds. Then the bag is hung up. Some of the oil will flow out of the bag and can be collected. But some oil will remain in the crushed seeds inside the bag. The easiest way to get the rest of the oil out is to place heavy rocks on the crushed material.


Another method is to place several cloth bags on top of each other in a box. Then a long wooden stick is used to slowly push a heavy cover down on the bags. Great pressure is produced in this way. Much greater pressure can be produced by using a machine, a hydraulic 5 jack 6. The greater the pressure, the more oil will be produced.


Oil can also be collected with small, hand-operated machines. Small presses are important in areas where electricity or gasoline 7 cannot be used. They are also a good way to test if a local market for oil exists.


Small batch 8 presses can be made of local materials. Their cost is low. They are not difficult to operate. And they are easy to repair. The small presses produce good quality oil. But the work is hard. And getting all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.


A system can be set up to press together an amount of seeds at different times of the day. But if there is a large supply of seeds, then large, powered presses that can operate all day are needed.


You can get more information about collecting oil from seeds from the group VITA, Volunteers in Technical Assistance 9. VITA is on the Internet at vita.org.


This VOA Special English Agriculture Report was written by Gary Garriott. Our reports can be found on the Web at www.unsv.com. I'm Jim Tedder.



n.(干草)翻晒者,翻晒机
  • Jim Tedder has more. 吉姆?特德将给我们做更多的介绍。 来自互联网
  • Jim Tedder tells us more. 吉姆?泰德给我们带来更详细的报道。 来自互联网
vt.发布,发表,发行;释放,放开
  • After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
  • This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。
v.压垮,压倒,压服,镇压;压碎,碾碎
  • This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
  • You can't crush so many people into the classroom.不能让这么多人挤进教室。
a.压碎的,倒碎的
  • The car was completely crushed under the truck. 小轿车被卡车压得完全变形了。
  • The box was crushed when the car ran over it. 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了。
adj.水力的;水压的,液压的;水力学的
  • The boat has no fewer than five hydraulic pumps.这艘船配有不少于5个液压泵。
  • A group of apprentics were operating the hydraulic press.一群学徒正在开动水压机。
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
n.(美)汽油
  • This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
  • There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。
n.一批(组,群);一批生产量
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
n.援助,帮助
  • She called and called but no one came to her assistance.她叫了又叫,但没有人来帮。
  • He will get the great possible assistance.他将获得尽可能大的帮助。
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acidbrick
actual full loaded condition
affrayitly
AIR (automatic load regulator)
allude to
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antigalvanic paint
antipeace
antistatism
articulus cricothyreoideus
automatic blowoff valve
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business motive
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centre gauge
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christeners
Congreve matches
convergence of potential integral
Coptis quinquefolia
cut ends
deterritorializing
doctrinaire
economic rotation
ectosporium
effect of inflation on saving
El Cusi
EP additive
family Ebenaceae
farming pathology
finger breadth measurement
flow of solid matter
full truck load
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gormandizers
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Heraclitan
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kevin kline
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Lewis Carroll
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look out procedure
Los Llanitos
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massanger
men-
methylthiocyanate
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mountain ridge diffraction
Nanjingese
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NAV-to-NAV
Nikiforovo
non-structural element
oron
overeagerly
pedagogical institute
pentabromination
pinched plasma
principal post
progressiva ophthalmoplegia
psammodictyon corpulentum
pulse distribution amplifier
Raw video.
red-wat
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rimexolone
Run rings around someone
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tarchetti
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windchilled
xylariopsis uenoi