Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-12-04
There is n great waste, then, in not ex-
traoting the oil from all the seed used as fer


There is n great waste. then, in not ex-
traoting the oil from all the seed used as fer-a
tilizers3" $lt& stF
"Uertainly. Thereyis a waste Of $ls q ton.
got $12 worth Of oil out Of every ton sof
cotton seed, aud thenaleavo the seed quite as
valuable for feed and fertilizers US ,hoy were
before tho oil was expressed. With every
ton of seed therefore thrown on tho land
before they are put through tho oil mill We
throw away $l2"
| "Does the process of extracting the oil
| payf"
ut has paid me about 60 per cent. That
ia. mean that buy u ton Of cotton seed at
So. got out Of that ton Of seed $I2 worth
Of oil. 1t pays me clear profit Of $5 ton,
for overy ton of seed work. 1t is acknow-
lodged by all who know anything Of the bus-
ness, that the oil seed mill business is the
most lucrative manufacturing business in the
South. 1t has grown very rapidly where it
has over been started. In Now Orleans,
for instance, there is $4,000, 600 invested in
| oil seed mills, and the companies controlling
them report the most satisfactory results.
| All over Louisiana the farmers send their
seed to these mills and get $40 a ton for it,
thoy paying freight. 80 that it nots tho fur
mer about So tom"
lis tho demand for the oil and the seed
cakes stcady?"
"Stcady and growing. Tho oil can be
sold in infinite quantity and tho seed cakes
arc exported or sold at home just as rapidly
as they can bo mndo. sell all have to tho
farmers right around me-"
why is it that oil seed mills are not more
frequent throughout tho Southf"
just because our people are not progress
sive and enterprsing. Many Of them d. not
havo the muuey, and these that have It are
afrad to trust it in any now investment.
They will not even trust their own sense,
Why, when l quit the law and went to build
q $25. 900 oil mill in tho country was the
laugbng stock Of tho parish. Somo Of
my neighbors thought I could do nothing
with it, but. l went about quietly,
because I knew it would pay. I had only
about So 900 in cash, but went into it with
u $25. 900 maohine. have now paid out and
have u surplus with which to begin with the
Clement attachment. run my oil seed mill
night and day. Since it has demonstrated
iself. could get enough capital from my
neighbors to put upa half dozen cotton seed
oil mills. When 60 back home thoy will
hugh at me just the same about the Clement
mills, but when get tho thing to work l
will show them that I know what am
about"
In running your machines, how many
men will YOU employ?"
! Il employ now sixteen people in nay oil
mills, that is two sets OF hands. In my Gle.
ment attachments will need sny twenty more
| should say in tho two processes about thirs
| ty- five bands"
How many does it take to grow the cotton
| that You would use?"
Il will nso 400 bales year. It would
take about fifty bands to raise that much"
| Then it would give employment to nearly
double tho number of people now engaged in
growing the cotton, to run it through Clement
attachments md oil scod mils2"
Yes, sir; if all tho cotton was spun into
yarns and all tho seed ground into oil and
made into cakes, it would give employment
in growing the crop.
| "Whut value do you add to the sced?"
Il double its value. mean by that every
ton that goes through my mil brings more
than double the money that is yielded by
ton no, ground up There nre 1000 pnunds
| of seed cott II t" every bale of lint or Que ton
t. every swu bales. Tho crop is S 0eO, 600
cotton seed The oil mills get $40 out Of
every ton of this that is ground up, whiei,
| $40 is wasted in every other ton. If tho
whole $500 600 tons were ganed we should
have added to our cottnn seed % vaiuc Of
S22 500, 900. BY running through tho Gle
| mcnt mill we double the value nf the lint
cotton. On crop of S 900 900 bales is worth at
$50 bale $3.50 600 900. BY spinning it
through tho Clement mills wo would add IL
value of $3.50 900 00O"
These splcndid results would be achieved
then if every neighborhond would bo fur
ni>hed as yours would be?"
Yes Aud if these chances existed in
New England thoy would not le open ono
year. The thrifty Yankees would not see
this waste in their staple crop 60 on more.
| than single season. The South, though,
may consent to snhmit to it indefinitely. As
far n; | am cancerned. do no, claim TO be
moved by any patriotic considerations.
went into the oil seed mill hccan.e 7 knew it
would pay an going into the Clement
mills for the same reason and for that reason
only. never tuok your word for what
read. knew could learn moro in an hour
than could read in n week"
! Aud this is precisely what the Const tuition
advises every man to do. 1t has always
asked that no man take its views as cunclu-
si,e. but that every man should sec for him
SELF.
| THE CURRENT OF INVESTIGATION.
! There is not day that passes but what
some one calls at the Constitution office to
i give his views us to the litto mill All
! cassps of men call but they have only one
repnr, to make. We have mover yet met a
single person who has examined the mill
| TINT has had nm ytbinD but n fncuru hle rcnnrt