The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-05-27
Cotton Possibilities

Cotton is king.n This w.
twenty years ago, but the assam y ssseited
no foundation in truth, in tha e' s Aad
authors intended: Nevertheless n' y. y
before and since that period. coss,. ooti
and is the largest item in the I liz = ~
ports from this country to fora; ;ss y y
tries. One-half of the entire os 81 eoue.
merchantable cotton of tho u y "
grown in the United States. "0tld b
The cotton trade is watched mo.. !,
~ than any other. There ara AN, sl0ss'
ports OF the amount of cotton ro as:y n
the centers of distribution, and so r'sed Y
is sold and exported. Great r.;.a nusA
taken toget at the exact facts r ra,.s "
the supply and consumption Of tS;s a. "
staple. As a gentleman once s sr,s sls =
1t, a cotton statistician wonld Is ssea
single bale all over the count ', J. !
what finally became of it. /" ~
The figures that express the -. !,
ana use OF cotton are astoundinc 'y NJ
best authorities place the prodl,c;;o. -
nually at from forty-five to tiftr.Ssssi i' =
dred million pounds, or from two W a ~
one-quarter to two and three-orss..s.aa a
million tons. There is no surplus 1I W v.
is produced is all used from wear - i 20, mns
Mankind uses an average Of fnllv , yssf.
pounds OF raw cotton every wear a. =
cry man, woman and child on the 49, =,
the globe. 'as'0
When, however we inquire bov n,
land is needed to raise this vast ~, ~
the reader will be surprised when ~ v' "
that there is land enough exactly s ss,sss
to the production of cotton, in tbaSsss.
OF Texas alone, to supply the mi.
world. The average production u s, "
ton in Texas is about one-half hal - /.
an acre. The highest estimate I # IL I
worlds crop is 1900, 900 bales Il ~ ~
pounds each. An area Of 24oaN ~
acres is therefore all that is needed s' NJ
that is but $4,000 square miles N.
area of Texas is more than seven t;rss..
that number of miles, and the mart iS,.
could be profitably devoted to oottos'
growing, is many times greater Il "a
than would be required.
The cotton that is used for manuf.a
ure is the wing of the seed. Il eons.
spends to the light filament that c,rTs.
the seed of the thistle, that pest q rs
farmer. There are about two and 4 w
pounds of seed to every one pound Z
cotton fibre. How much cotton Mi
then, is raised every year in the wOria
Between six and seven million tons!
The uses of cotton seed are MANY. al
yet it is only lately that the great ysln
OF the article has been recognized. WIN
pressed, the kernels will yield about oue
eighth of their weight in oil, which can
be used for many purposes hdeed,f
is more than suspected that large Dat
OF the "pure olive oir' from LeghOnb
either pure cotton-seed oil, or mixtun
OF cotton seed and other oils.
What is left after the oil is expressed
is "seed cake" This is sent in ysa
quantities to Europe, where it forms ii
best known feed for cattle, and no betks
fertilizer is known than the manure 1
cattle fed upon it. The hulls Of the at |
ton seed have usually been thrown ssN,
but now it is known that they are agua
for feed as the seed itself.
I've are just beginning to use ecOnony
IN the cultivation of cotton, and in DO
use of the other products of the plant
The production of cotton is increasing
from year to year. The crop Of 1871
was the largest ever gathered. But ths
consumption of the staple IS also n
creasing.
In the United States we consume mon
than thirteen pounds of raw cotton !
year for every person in the couutzT'
The average amount for each persona
Europe is only four and half pounds
IN Asia, about three pounds; IN AfliA
ess than one-third of pound AM
ightened civilization extends AMI Wesn |
Increases, the consumption Of this arttH
If trade must also grow; and It y %
mission of America to supply It 70 "
whole world. - Youths Conpasioa.