The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-11-27
CONDUCTED BT S. H. STAOKH0USE.
COTTON SEED.

The peope of the South place too
little estimate ON the real value of cot
ton seed They are almost as valua-
bic rs the cotton from which they are
extracted. As the Oil Mills reap II
wonderful harvest from this source
why can't the farmers utilize their
own seed
Stock companies, nowadays, build
factories, railroads and other indus
tries. Why can't farmers cooperate
and build their own cotton seed mills
and reap the tremendous profits from
that source which now go into other
hands? They have their own seed and
by uniting could furnish the necessary
capital. We believe the time will
come when the producer will do his
own manufacturing.
70 show the magnitude of the cot
ton seed business we give the follow
ing extract from II paper read before
the Farmers Club of New York by
c. Ballach: "The yield of cotton for
the present year is estimated at 2,771,
797, 1856 pounds. To every pound of
cotton produced there are one and II
half pounds Of seed, consequently we
have 4,l57, 1874 pounds of seed.
Deduct from this 10 per cent for plant
ing the ensuing crop and waste seed,
we still have 3,74l, 926,lGl pounds or
l,S70,963 tons for the production of oil,
soap stock, cake and meal. A ton of
seed will yield $40 pounds of cake or
meal, consequently if the entire pro-
duet were manufactured we would
have not less than $500 tons with
which to feed our milch cows, beef
cattle, sheep and swine, and for fer
tilizng purposes. 1t is estimated that
the entire products of the mills for the
past season amounted to 1000 tons.
In consequence of the large increase
in the number of mills recently con-
structed it may be safely estimated
that the yield for the coming season
will amount to 100000 tons"
"rhe seed after being separated from
the cotton is decorticated it is then
put into sacks and steamed to tenn
peraturc of 2l0 degrees. After steam
ing the sacks are placed in press and |
oil extracted at the rate OF about |
thirty-siX gallons to the ton of seed. |
We now have the cake which after |
being dried is either shipped in that
form to Europe or is ground INTO meal |
to be used in this country as fodder
and for fertilizing the soil a large
portion of the meal is used in the .
South as a fertilizer of cotton, corn,
potatoes and other crops. Tobacco ,
growers in Massachusetts and Con-
mecticut have also used it with salts
factory results.
"The digcstible nutriment of cotton
seed meals is stated AS the most val
liable, inasmuch as it contains 33.2 of
albuminOid, l7.G of carbohydrates and
1862 Of Linseed meal comes next, be-
ing 27.G of albnminoids, 27.0 of car
bohydrates and 1914 Of fat. Malt
sprouts furnish as above POS, 4S.7 and
90, being largely composed OF car
bohydrates and deficient in fat. The
results are Il large flow of milk in
proportion to other feed, but natural
ly of poor quality. Coarse wheat
bran calls for 100, GG.7 and 81; barly
feed l0.l, 81 and %; rye bran, 1916
800 and %; wheat middlings, SO,
DIS and 20. When dealing with
these figures we must not omit to look
to the actual money value. This done,
and all things considered, cotton-seed
meal stands best and cheapest and
linseed-oil meal next. Only a few
years since bran stood at the head of
The list but since bran stood at the )
head Of the list, but since the intro
IuctiOn of the patent-process flour not
Inly it but wheat middlings are 50
poor in value as to place wheat bran
ourth and wheat middlings last on
-he list of articles here enumerated.
Rich foods should at all times be used I
with the poorer kinds, and all practi-
al feeders are fully aware that an oc-
'asional change Of food is not only /
profitable, but also conducive to the
Iealth Of the cattle.'