The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1856-06-28
NORTH CAROLINIAN.
From the Cincinnati Price Current
Cotton Seed Oil, and other Productions of the
Refuse Of the Cotton Plant.
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From the Cincinnati Price Current
Cotton Seed Oil, ana other Productions Of th.
Refuse Of the Cotton Plant.
! In an article, which we published in our paper
last FALL we stated that the Manufacture of on
! from Cotton seed had been commenced bv the
iproprietors of one of our Oil mills The bnsi-
ness is being carried on very successfully. and
the OH is coming into general use
Edgar Conkling, ESQ., one of our enterprising
citizens, has now in operation series of sue
cesstul experiments, not only III reference TO a
new and simple mode of extracting the Oil in
its pure state from Cotton seed, bur as regards
of IL rssidne q tbs seed after
usefHf purposes Tie matter is franssfsJ- with
Importance, and if Mr. Conkling's theory con
tanned in the following communication which
we find in the New Orleans Picayune, be cor
rect, and Of which have but little doubt,
we hope it will be fully developed in this city
We have the men and the capital to do it, if it
can be done, beyond "a doubt
Mr. Conklng says:
Il am satisfied that the value of cotton seed
for burning, lubrcating and perhaps painting,
and for soaps of the refuse cakes for distilling,
feeding cattle and hogs manure, and even for
gas, is equal i'll value annually to that Of the
cotton crop. 1t is a suhject have given . ood
deal Of attention to. Soap may lie made d-
rectly from the seed by boiling it in the ak kalies
oils may be extracted in pure state, with a
full yield aud free of colorins matter, without
the costly method of compression; and when
extracted the seed may be distilled as it has
the essential properties, containing per cent.
Of grape sugar. thus displacng much grain
of use for food. The railroad Office of this city
lights its Office from gas made from cotton seed
cake. The seed itself is richer for the purpose.
"N o one item of residue. going to waste in
this country, will compare in utility aud value
to cotton seed; and, with little attention on
the part Of those interested and capable of APP
precating it, the South in few years NAV
reap fifty millions annually of net receipts from
working it up. A recent number of the
Scientific American" says that when cotton
sold for six cents per pound large amount of
it used for making paper The waste cot
ton fibre is equally good for tt is purpose
and can be secured by the of machinery, us
by me in the May number of the
"TcnncSsee Farmer and Mechanic" In paper
oils and soap, the South thus beat the
world iii qnaIity and value, if it choose"
The PicaYnne apuends some remarhS.-as
Our readers are already aware that Il com
pany has been established in this CITY for the
purpose of manufacturin" rope and yarn from
the fibres of the bark Of the cotton plant The |
terms of the charter of the manufacturing com |
pany leaves it open to them to devote their at
and it would appear peculiarly fitting that they |
should enter upon snch may spring from |
sources so closely allied to-nay to a certain i
extent identcal--with that to which they have
resolved on attending. We would /
therefore invite their attention to the enormous
'evenue which it is alleged upon apparently
conclusive grounds, may be netted from produce
IF the cotton plant at present thrown away as
.efnse.
The seed, produces Mr. Conkling says,
one Of the most valuable oils both for illumina-
ing and luhricating purposes, ranking in both
respects equal to sperm oil The proportion it
yields is said to he so per cent, and the 70 per
cent, residue is all good oil cake. The total
quantity of seed being 2,239, 500, ,0Go pounds
he oil produced would amount to GIL ,940, 900
pounds, the oil cake to 567, $50, 600 pounds
the value per pound of the oil to be
rot more than that of the cheapest grease it
would be worth $67 1914 900; and valuing the
.ake at one half the rate at which other oil cake
sells, that wonld be worth 1888, 800
Here, then, estimating values at extrava-
santly low rates, we have revenue Of $685.
700, 900 literally being thrown away yearly.
A How that one half of it-a prepostcronsly |
arge proportion--shou!d be swallowed up iii
,he course of manufacture, and still there would !
De sixty-five millions and. Il half left for net
profit.
The Manufacturing Company have already
directed their attention to yet another product
,f the cotton plant, we commenced by re-
marking; but it appears that this too, is cx-
remciy valuable for paper making purposes as
we'll as for those to which they appear more
PARTICULARLY intending to direct it. We would
invite their attention, as we'll as that of our
-eadcrs generally, to the snhjoncd remarks
rom the New York Day Book, on this point
Specimens of the bark stripped from cotton
stalks have been exhibited to paper mannfac-
urers Al the North, and were considered equal
% good rags worth six cents per pound or !
,bont S120 per ton, and were pronounced the
Dcst substitute for rags of any vegetable |
material known to the trade.
The magnitude of the paper business NAV be |
conceived when we take into consideration that |
here are $50 paper mills in the United States, |
employing 5000 engines, and which produce /
annually at 10 cents per pound, S21, 600, 900 |
worth of paper. To manufacture this amount
,fraper requires 405, 600, 600 pounds of rags.
pound of rags being necessary to produce /
pound Of paper. The value of the rags a: the
average of 4 cents per pound, amounts to Sl6,-
300, ,0O0 to which, if the cost of making them
nto paper, including I cents to each pound of
paper in labor, with wastage, chemicals, &c. be
added, would swell the cost to $23, ,625, 900 to
produce S27.000.0OO of paper, leaving net
profits on the total manufacture of S3, ,375, 600 |
For the year ending the 30th of June, 1899,
we imported 400, ,003, ,5l6 pounds OF foreign
rags from twenty-six different countries. VI
this amount Tuscany, in Italy, supplied 'oou'