The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-03-03
From the Cincinnati Gazette. J
COTTON SEED.
Ho,c 1t may be Utilized on the Plantation
Its Nmritire Value Of Food for Cattle
Fertilizing QuGlities-MOde Of Prepare
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There is probably no article which has re
ceived less attention at the hands OF on
Southern friends than cotton seed, and We
We know of no article produced In sucl
abundance. that can be turned TO so many o
such practical good uses. The product l
large, fully averaging two-tbirds in weigh
OF the whole CO ton crop, but until quite re
Gently. the full value OF this article had no
been appreciated.
Consider as a food for cattle. as fertilizer
or for making oil, the cotton seed has beer
proved to.be of Inestimable value In re-
lative rank as either of the cOmmOditiei
above mentioned, it compares most favora'
bly,, and exceeds in value any other substi'
stute which we can find.
According to the experiment of Lawes
the distinguished English agriculturist, the
| manure derived from stock varies immense
( ~ In value according to the nature of the
food Or which the stock is fed. The man
ure of stock fed on cotton seed stands first
on his list, being more than thirty times as
valuable as the manure from an equal
weight ofturnips, and four times more val
liable than the manure derived from an
| equal weight of Indian corn.
The following is Mr.. Lawes' table show
ing the actual gold value OF the manure de-
rived from one ton (2.O00 lbs.) of different
| foods.
Cotton seed (huller), $57 So; rape seed
cake. $21 OIL; linseed cake, $l9 ~; malt dust
I
Sl5 20; beans, SIS 70; peas, $l3 80; locust
beans, - 81; oats, - 20; wheat, 81 0S; In-
dian corn, Sc So; malt So Go; barley. 50 81 /;
clover hay, 80 Ga meadow hay, So 43; oat
straw. 81 %; potatoes. 81 so; maDgolds. ST.
OI; Swedish turnips. 81 cents; common tur-
nips. SO cents; carrots, So cents.
These actual values are. of course, correct
only for England, but the relative values
are of universal application, and for this
10 gfuNip1
every farmer. The relative values seem TO
be closely connected with the amount OF
heterogeneous matter contained in the food.
Now when we consider that immense
quantities of cotton seed are wasted through
out the South year after year, we believe ii
is time for the planters to open their eyes to
this valuable commodity aud utilize it eth
er as food for their cattle, manure for their
soil, or even for expectation If the circum-
stances are such as Will not permit OF ITS use
at home, but we would also suggest that it
is on the plantation itself that it is most
profitable, as its qualities for feeding, and
as manure, we conceive will be more valua-
bic TO the planter than to any one else
Many persons suppose that cotton seed with
the hull is most valuable as manure, but this
is not so. Late researches demonstrate that
the oil contained in the kernel retards the
decomposition of the seed, and consequent
ly prevents the liberation of the phosphates
which are contained in the hull just as the
physicians inform us that the phosphates in
the grain of wheat and contained in its hull.
1t, therefore, follows that to fertiliZe proper
ly and to the greatest advantage. the cotton
seed hulls only are to be used. The follow
ing is an analysis (Which will be found in
teresting on the subject) by DIR. Wayne, of
this city:
VALUE OF HULLED COTTON SEED COMPARED
WITH THAT OF CORN AND LISsEED FOR OIL
CAKES AS AFOOD FOR CATTLE
The vast amount of cotton seed annually
produced in the South has not met the at
tentiOn as to its Importance as food for cattle
tn at its value for the purpose merits, being,
as it is, secondary or incidental product
1t has been in great measure overlooked.
and the staple (cottOn) the only product of
the cotton plant that has been taken TO ac-
count. And thus a vast amount of valuable
fodder has tor years been thrown away,
partly from a want of knowledge as to its
adaptation as food, and from the want of
proper machinery for the hulliug of it so as
to render it fit for use.
AS to Its value for the purpose named.
there is a no more conclusive way of show
ing or proving the fact above mentioned,
than by presenting an analysis of the three
substances (corn, oil-cake and cotton seed,)
and comparing the results and facts to be
deduced from them.