The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-02-25

CoTToN O1L.--The manufacture of oil from
cotton seed bids fair to become lucrative and
extensive pursuit at very early day. Already
many thousand bags of seed have been shipped
to northern towns to be converted into oil and
oilcake; our northern brethren having no more
objection to making money from the n1anufac-
ture of slave raised seed than they have from
slave grown cotton. They may preach abo-
ton at a tremendous rate, but their preachings
never interfere with a habit they have-that of
pocketlng dimes with astonishing rapdty.-
Here is one radical difference between the reg
ular yankee free-soiler and the genuine fire
eater The one, no matter how intense the ex-
element OF fanaticsm under which be appears
to be laborlng, never lets an opportunity slip of
turning an honest penny" The other, in the
enthusiasm aroused by his distractions, forgets
all about pence, practicalites or profts-has no
time to attend to such common, every day mat
ters--and consequently, when he awakens to a
sense of the realities that surround him, he finds
he has made nothing of substantial value, while
his watchful and always alert antagonist has
bagged the largest measure of the proceeds
which led to the controversy, and it still undc-
termined finally.
Or, in other words, northern and foreign op-
ponents of southern slavery, by shipping and
fabricatDg, and then trans shipping the wrought
products of slave labor, have made more money
than have the shareholders themselves! With
our cotton they have undoubtedly done this
Shall we allow them to do the same thing with
our cotton seed? The futnre must answer that
question. Ii we do, the sooner and the closer
we hold our mouths shut on questions pertain
ing to southern enterprise and independence,
the better.
A correspondent Of the Mobile Tribune has
some practical observations on this subject,
which we annex and commend to the attention
Of our cotton planting friends:
Il notice in the quotations in some northern
paper oiI-cake, per ton, S38; corn, per bushel.
56 lbs. 70 cents. Now 56 pounds corn at
70 cents per bushel is j ! cents per pound, and
2,24O pounds Of corn, Ga ton, therefore, was
worth 1888 50 per ton while oil-cake was worth
s39, over l2AA per cent. higher than corn
'Now this brings me to say to cotton plant
ers who use their cotton seed as manure, that
the seed they manure hill of corn with are
worth much more, intrinsically, than the corn
itself which the hill Produces after all the work
the corn has received, besides the value of the
rent Of the land. And | will now show why
cotton seed are so valuable
ut was stated by doctor Jackson, Of Boston,
in one of his lectures before the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington, last winter, that cotton
seed possesses some A per cent. of its weight
in oil. Now planter who has steam engine
for his ginning and other plantation purposes,
could, at very small expense, erect the little
mill that would be required to crush his seed,
and his screw with which he now packs bis cot
ton could be very well arranged to press the oil
out; and having the timber convenient with
which to make his barrels, he could send val
liable crop Of oil to market. And as the demand
for that article is increasing, while its sources
of supply are decreasing, Of course it would be
a valuable staple. Besides tits oil, the resdu-
um is hard, concentrated cake-more so than
any grain or hay, and this cake is worth more
IN the markets than the same weight of corn,
as is as above submitted. Itis more transport
able, as we have before stated because of its
pressure into the cake to extract the oil.
"To get five per cent. only of oil from the seed,
the production would be very important, as any
calculating planter will perceive
81 wish it distinctly understood that have no
doubt but it will be seen that the seed put into
hill of corn is worth more than the corn the
hill produces. But, says the planter, what am
| to do for manure? My experience is, that to
preserve your lands, you must let at least one
third of your plantation rest each year. That
should be done, anyhow, and each planter
should have enough land to pursue that system,
and the oil cake fed in woods pasture to the
hogs and cattle, would raise more than the hands
could consume, besides having some cake for the
towns, villages and for export.
Il may conclude with this remark, that the
objection to cotton seed, as food, in its natu-
raj state is, that it, like the pea, is too rich The
pea has twice the nutrlment Of corn, and hence
the care necessary and danger in feeding it to
stock. Extracting the oil from cotton seed, fall
you can get for years cannot get it all J it viii!
still be to rich a food to throw indiscriminately
to hogs and cattle. They would require to be
allowanced, and roofing and grazing, to make
up the remainder of their food
There is cotton seed oil manufacture ir town
Mr.. Fisk's-as will be seen by reference to the
advertisement Of the agents, Messrs Green,
Harding d Co., Sc Poydras street, in another
column. The oil from this establishment is re-
presented to be superior to lard oil for burning
and other purposes. In the advertisement there
is no mention of oil cake, to which the cores
pondent Of the Mobile Tribune attaches much
Importance and gives good reasons therefor. 1t
Is fair to presume, however, that everything
is put to good use We mention this
merely as an incident, to show that an auspici-
Gus beginning has been made, not that the want
has been supplied, for cotton seed is being con-
stantly shipped to Providence. Rhode Island,
there to be converted into oil and cake Until
this unnatural shipment ceases, the want viii!
remain unsupp'ied-and another southern pro-
duct will continue to augment the wealth ofin
mcal parties, whi.h we should be enterprisiny
and sensible enough to render tributary to our
own advancement and improvement.
IN. 0. Crescent.
a correspondent of the Abingdon Virginian,
writing from Marion, Smythe county, Virgil
MIA, relates singular case Of marriage. He
says: owe have within half mile of this
place, an individual who has remained in one
position (flat of his back for sixteen years or =
more. His joints are as stiff as though he had
never had any; he can move his head slightly,
IAN move his hands little is unable to eat a.
single mouthful, unless put into his mouth By
mother person; is fat, very hearty and cheer