The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-09-04
NUMBER 30.
A e r | G. ULT u R AL.
How to Utilizs Cotton Seed,

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EDToRs SOUTHERN CuLTIyAros:-rbe
aggregate quantity Of cotton seed annually
raised in tho South is a property OF no
inconslderHble value; and the question.
how to use this property to tho bes. al,
vantage, should he understood by eysrv
planter. In the frs. place he should
know that the hull which surrounds the
meet or kernel is woody tissue bardened.
and of little more value as food for stock
than sawdust. AS it pays a farmer to
have machine for separating corn from
c"hs, the latter being Of small value. 40 I,
will paw the planter who raises a thousand
bushels OF cotton seed. TO have a hulIioo
machine for decorticalinp his seed. wbs,b.
er 1t is exported, or consumed by stock on
the plantation. do not know the pre..
en-, price Of this machine; i. is manufac,
tured in Cincinnati.
There is large per centage OF oil in
the meat OF cotton seed; and il ia p-of;ta,
h'e to express a good share Of i. bya
hydraulic or screw press before feeding
the seed to hogs, cattle Or sheep. In the
absence OF these advantages for turning
cotton seed to the best account, care
should he taken that ito oil equals oil in
corn, pound for pound by proper use ia
making fat bacon, beef or mutton. This
ia the more important. as oil being ONLY
carbon, and the elements ofwater has no
raiue as fertilizer. Cotton seed like
corn and other seed yields most nourish.
ment when cooked. When boiled, and
boiling hot, add little corn meal to q
pot or two Of cotton seed, and the heat
scaIds the meal, while the meal greatly
improves the taste and value Of the seed
Tor making pork or other meat. One
would produce meat and rich manure
rapidly. by feeding hogs boiled cotton
seed and peas mixed in equal p.r,s, With,
out any corn or meal. All such feed
should be duly seasoned with salt.
There ia a cotton gin driven by water
power on a farm ,ha. joins mine; and
winter before last nv sheep and hogs
were kept on this seed during the winter
months. The sheep did better than the
hogs by sailing cotton ssed, stock quick
learn to eat it raw or boiled. I. Yields
white butter, but impsr,s. when moderate.
~ led 10 cows. no unpleasant taste. In
fsedng cows in the winter, cotton seed
harmon'zes well with corn, fodder. kay
and good straw. With cut feed, cotton
seed cake. ('he seed imported mainly
from Egvp) is largely fed to fa.,euinp
bnlIocks in England. Such cake made
from hulled seed is perhaps the rictest
known cattle food, and the most conceu
tra'ed vegetable manure. The loss in
isrt'l'zing properties on passing cake or
whole seed through the bodies Of farm,
stock is mere trifls. Every thing grown, !,
not needed for better paving purposes,
should, i: possible, form meat, butter and
cheese, wool or the flesh Of horses and
mules. BY carefully pursuing thi. farm
economy. one will incidentally produce q
latgs amount Of excellent manure. Al
the annually irrigated bottoms Of the Nile
aends abroad vast quantities Of grain and
seeds without de,rment, so there ara
large bottoms and swamps IN the South
equally capable Of supplying corn. pea.
and cotton seed TO upland planters, from
which. like EagIish farmers, they can
make their land the most productive in
the world. and such quantities Of provi.
sions, snch heaps Of cotton and wool, as
will rejoice every phiIanthropic heart. Il
is neither fib nor fable 10 say that our
oily cotton seed Is the naturaltype Of thst
fa'ness and plenty which naturally belong
to Southern agriculture which invites at
once our practice ss the noblsst Of all arts,
and our study as the highes. ofall human
sciences. .... ...7
II, like truth crushed to earth, will rise again.
The eternal yesra Of God ar hers"
Gap Creek, Tenn. D. LEE,
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