The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-21
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
ADAMS COUNTY

& Editor Eatr0H:: IN your paper Vi TIC
sIst ult in the article headed "The Cotton
Seed Question" you say: "we have never
heard of its discussion in a Grange hail. =
You have not noticed what has been
going on in our part of the State, for to
nv knowledge. several Oranges have dis
cussed the cotton seed question! Asiong
ago as March, 1873, Pine Ridge Grange,
No. 448, acted upon it, and, after full dis
cussion, adopted the report of a committee
embracing the cotton seed question as a
fertilizer, as win appear by a copy OF the
resolutions which [ enclose; and which
the Secretary was directed to forward to
each Subordinate Grange in the State, and
our worthy and faithful Secretary, S. III
Lambdin,. informs me that he did do SO, IN
accordance with instructions. 1t may be
well for you to insert the resolutions IN
THE PATRON and call the attention of the
different Oranges to them. As far as1
have been advised, the Oranges took no
notice Of the resolutions. The recomnen!
dations therein made are of the. frst I'M
portance to the farming interest in this
State, and they should receive prompt
and earnest attention from land owners. Z
In the April number l1S77) of the
Southern Cultivator there is an analysis 7of
cotton seed made by w. c. Stubs, Pro.
lessor of Chemistry, 2 ETC., A. and M.
COLLEGE, Auburn, Ala The articleisvery
interesting to farmers showing the con-
stituents or cotton seed, but the part there
of to which wish to refer is, his state
ment that 800 pounds of cotton IN the
seed may be approximately reckoned as
consisting of 500 pounds of lint, 500 of
hulls, and 900 of kernels. Of the kernels,
100 pounds may be reckoned as meal, and
200 as oil Then a ton of seed byathat es
innate will yield 600 pounds of meal and
400 of oil. The oil at 10 pounds to the
gallon is 40 gallons, at 40 cents per gallon
gives $40, and the meal retails at the oil
works at Natchez at 81 per 100 pounds,
making s. for the meal of a ton of seed,
which. added to the $16 for the oil, makes
$22. The price paid by the oil works the
past season was IS per ton, making there
from $I6 profit, to say nothing of the hulls,
which are used as fuel to run the machine
ry, and the ashes thereof saved and sold.
1t will beseen from the above how well
the oil companies are paid by the business,
which robs our land of the best, and at
So per ton the cheapest, fertilizer in the
world. l-.e ''>'' w - ,.7E',1H ~ ~ E2l.'2
The writer recently learned that there
is an association of the oil companies CO.
operating for mutual profit and protection.
| This association met previous to the last
business season, and distributed out the
cotton belt, assigning to each company its
district, and agreed not to come into COM
petition with each other. This arrange
ment enabled the oil companies to pur-
chase seed without competition and at
their own price, '',.. ,.-' - '..-z -
May we not learn something from the
scheme of the oil companies, and as far
mers avail ourselves of cooperation?
Fraternally,i cICli = Sd. GUIeE. T.
Sedgefeld, June II. N'4~.e< .,,94zs.-
The following are the resolutions adop-
ted by Pine Ridge Oranges -.oar., a.,t -.
Whereas, Experience teaches that the
removal of the products of the land with
out some compromising returns thereto,
exhausts the same, however rich they may
be in the elements which nourish vegeta-
| ton, and for the want of such return our
| lands are in danger of becoming valueless
for purposes of tillage; therefore, resolved,
I. That we, as Patrons of Husbandry,
will do all in our power to save, and use
upon the lands under our control all domes-
tic manures, and that we will endeavof to
so fertilize our lands that we will be able
TO harvest more from the acre and thereby
reduce the breadth of surface cultivation.
2.That we will hereafter, in renting or
leasing our lands, by specific understand
ing. or by clause in our contracts or
leases with renters or lessees, reserve to
the plantation or farm or part thereof so
leased or rented, all the cotton seed grown
thereupon las well as other manures) to
be used on such lands for feeding, plant
ing or fertilizing purposes % n .,3f,
,32That we will endeavor to influence
land proprietors who are not Patrons to
cooperate in establishing the foregoing as
a uniform rule. tld3 4s4,s1 sas a..
f. That these resolutions be printed
anda copy thereof forwarded by the Sec
rotary to each Subordinate Grange i'm the
State. with the request that they maturely
consider and adopt the same... 10 gbr@3
+ S. H. LAnRPIN, Secretary. Ia
1L'' THE GOOD TIME. 10 ss9aa