The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-27
From the Atlanta Constitution.
MIR. GATES'S PLAN

four OF Ihem-An Oil Seed Mill and its Prof
ns-W!'at the South Wastes in Cotton Seed
| Oil.
"A lew days ago gentleman entered
| the constitution office and introduced
himself as Mr.. Fred Gates, of New Iberia.
La Mr.. Gates stated that he had read
the article on the Clement attachment
mill copied from the Constitution into
| some western paper, and that he visited
georgia for the purpose of investigating
the little mill He stated that if he was
pleased he would invest at once in the
mills. He went on to explain that he now
had in operation at New Iberia cotton
seed oil mill that cost 81 (, 900, and said if
he could get few Clement attachments
at work in front of his oil mill he would
then be able to handle the cotton from the
! held all the way through to yarn and oil
MI Gates talked so intelligently on the
| subject and seemed such fair and capa>
ole man, that we asked him to call by at
the Constitution office on his return from
the mill at Westminster and give us his
impressions, good or bad. He promised
! to do SO.
On yesterday Mr.. Gates returned from
| Westminster. He had spent day or two
at the mill and had studied it from every
standpoint. He had gone over the books,
the mill and the correspondence. He had
examined for himself and had questioned
| others, and when he entered our office said
he had made all the investigation that he
cared to make
| HE WANTS FOUR OF THE MILLS.
"Well, what is the result of your inves-
| tigations?'
81 can answer that question best by say
ing that | have determined to have four
mills put up on my place at once. have
stated to Mr.. Stribling that should want
him to enter into contract, with a forfeit
ure, to have the mills in working order on
my place by the Ist Of September He
agreed to do this, and [ am now going
home to prepare for them"
"4ou were thoroughly satisfied with
the examination" .
| 81 should not have invested had / not
been. The mill does more than / expected
it could do, and the profits are not only
more certain than had hoped they could
could be, but larger. am practical
man, and am in the manufacture now. |
! do not think | could have made mistake
in my estimates"
as there much interest feltin the mlls?"
81 never saw anything like it. l saw
Mr.. Strlblings mail come in the day got
| there. He had IS to 80 letters, and his
table was just covered W it'll similar letters
| He has already orders for several, and |
am only afraid that he will be unable to
meet the demand He seems to be man
of sterling character, but fear he has not
the experience and energy necessary to
engineer the thing through the demand
that will be made for the mills. He will
have from 50 to 100 to put up in Georgia
alone, next year. l do not know what ar
engagements he has for having the machin
cry made. | should like to see a company
with capital and progressive views get
! hold of the attachment-of course taking
Mr. Striking in, for believe he UNDER
stands it better than any one else could
He has the rights to this section"
| ''9ou have, you say, nov" in operation q
seed mill?"
Yes, sir. When l get the Clement at
tachments to work | will handle the sta
| pie from the gin all the way through.
| With the Clement mill | will gin, card and
| spin the seed cotton into yarn. Instead OF
putting the seed in the ground as fertili-
zers, | will put them in my oil mill. and
extract the oil. / then take the body of
the seed from whittier the oil has been eX-
| pressed and make it into cotton seed cake,
which [ send to New Orleans and sell. l
| take the hulls of the seed and use them as
| fuel for my engines, and even save the
ashes from the hulls and sell that for fer
| tilizers So that from the field on there
is not thing wasted"
care the seed as good for fertilizers af
ter the oil is taken out!"
"Tust as good. 1t doesn't hurt them one
particle And then made into cakes it is
the best food for stock. | sell the cakes in
New Orleans from where it is exported
for nearly as much as the cotton seed cost
me. With the hulls for fuel, and the ashes
for fertilizers, l more than get my money
back and have the oil clear"
'sThere is great waste, then, in not ex-
tracing the oil from all the seed used as
fertilizers" e.4-e.
"Certainly There is waste of $I2 ton
[ get $I2 worth of oil out of every ton OF
cotton seed, and then leave the seed quite
as valuable for feed and fertilizers as they
were before the oil was expressed. With
every ton of seed therefore thrown on the
land before they are put through fhe oil
mill we throw away $I2."
"Does the process of extracting the OIL
pay?" ~,
is [ mean that l buy ton of cotton seed
at SIS. I get out of that ton of seed $I2
worth of oil. 1t pays me clear proht Of
S. ton, for every ton of seed | work Il
is acknowledged by all who know any
thing of the business that the oil seed mil
business is the most lucrative manufac
turing business in the south. 1t has grown
very rapidly where it has ever been star
ted. In New Orleans, for instance, there
Is SS.ooo.ooo invested in oil seed mills
and the companies controlling them re
port the most satisfactory results. Al
oYer T louisiana the farmers send their seec
to these mills and get $40 ton for it, they
paying freight, so that it nets the larfile
about SIS ton.