Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-03-26
COTTON SEED HULLING MACHINE

A few days past with several gentle
men, says the Petersburg Mteiigencer. we
visited Mr.. Jabez Smiths Mill, al Batter.
sea, and witnessed in operation one of his
improved Cotton Seed Hulling Machines,
for which he has recently obtained pa
tent, and we were much pleased with The
mcchaaical construction and rapid opera
ton OF the machine aud its performances
in hullins cotton seed. The machine is
operated with a four inch band, with about
two horse power applied 10 II inch
pulley tina. works The cylinder, The feeder
whipper, riddle and fan, and delivers the
The hulled seed about as clean as wheat,
and with grea, rapidty-
We were informed by MIR. Smith that
onc Of the large sized machines will hull,
when properly attended, one bushel of
rough seed per minute, Or 600 bushels in
ten hours. We are confident that the va.
lue o! Cotton seed has not been apprecia-
led by the Southern planters. Their va
lue for manufacturing into oil is very great,
and The oil cake for food for cattle, is con
sidered. by those who have used it, equal,
if mol superior. TO linseed oil cake.
Several years ago, when cotton was cul
tivaicd TO some extent in the vicinity Of
Petersburg, we understand from one of
the then firm of Smith & Boisseau. that
they gained, al their mill. about 1000 bales
Of cotton. I Of the seed 4 being returned
10 the planters) we're manufactured by
them into oil, sud the proceeds Of The oil
and oil cake, after paying The expenses Of
manufacturing, amounted TO S4,835, near
ly SIS per bale-a ine profit made from an
article that had previously been used for
manure.
We understand That cotton seed oil was
once used for outside painting, bu, since
the discovery of method 10 refine it and
make good lamp oil, it has been used for
the most pan, for lamp oil, and for oiing
wool in The woollen factories of The North,
as substitute for linseed and palm OIL
Ii has been also used in our factories in
Petersburg iu their lamps. The oil would,
no doubt, be extensively used lor The pur-
poses above mentioned if it could be made
al reduced price.
The hulled seed, We hear, can he read
lily sold al the oil mills in New England al
ST so per 100 lbs. or Is els. per busbel of
SO lbs. about double the price that corn
is now selling at. The greatly increased
value given to Gotten seed may be Judged
Of from the following facts :.
Iu every bale of Cotton weighing 450
lbs. there are 30 bushels Of cotton seed,
which al 80 lbs. per bushel, will make 900
lbs. Of seed, ,-lhese seed, when hulled, will
give $50 lbs. of hulled seed, aud this quan-
tity, we learn from the manufacturers,
will make IL gallons of oil and $50 lbs. of
oil cake.
An oil mill will manufacture from 40 10
30 gallons Of oil per day, at an expense of
about $l-so tina, IL gallons of raw oil, at
the low price of so cents per gallon, and
the oil cake al 81 per hundred, will yield
the gross amount of 50 so cts.; from
which deduct ST. for the expense Of man.
uiac,uring, and The manufacturer has
clear prof, of S6 50 cts.-more than one
third of The presen, price Of a bale of cotton.
The value of Mr.. Smiths invention TO
the rich cotton planting States may be
judged from the facts stated. In that re-
gion, at this time. the immense quantity
of cotton seed which remains over and
above that used for planting is either burnt
or thrown into the river. By the use of
one of these machines, all this may be
saved, and a general introduction of them