The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-08

and rcmclnber his misery no morc.''
PIov., XXI. g.
hold that stop should be put to
distillinR our cereals. We need them
for bread. The culture Of the grape
should be encouraged and f0slercd by
our Legislature, and this would du
more in curtalimg the use Of alchol,olic
drinks than any legislation on The
subject. Every family could then
drink unadultcrntcC wine 0t our owl
manufacture, cheap and hcalthful.
W. 4.
Lylcs' Ford, September 5.
IN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY.
nTHkinG Cotton Seed OIL Some Account OF
| oftho BUSINESS.
[Fi' III tie News NJ d Courer.)
| Now that public attention has been
directed IN Charleston to tho prac. icn.
bility OF establishing manufactures,
there il every indication Tint great
progress will c made IN this direction,
within the next five yrnra. The sue
Gees ofthr Charleston BugYing Factory
! Ia Known to the public; the tuuntlu-
tions ol The Charleston Cotton Muuu-
lncturirg G. mpan. arc being laid. md
tli" nihl"unc, mcnt is now made nf The
establishment of Cotton Srtd Oil
| Mill. The pre- jrcl has been unsl'r nd
visrmcnt for some time, 'bui was care
fully withheld from Tie public until
nll the plnns ere Determined upon.
The company. however, has been
tormcd, nll the stock taken. and nppli
cation has been made to tho CLERK Of
the COnrt fora charter for the rump,-
ny In accordance with the provisions
! of law. Col. John 5. Fairly Is the.
president, and Mr.. Arthur Middleton
the secretary and treasurer OF the new
company. The storEhulucrs nrc ali
we'll Known business men of this city.
| Of recognized ability. and enjoy I'll"
entire confidence OF tho community.
The president OF the new company en-
presses confidence in tho hope TINT the
mill will lr in operation early neXl
November. The ronpnnv las scrur-
cd n,rry eligible site im Shipynrd
Greek. next north Of the Etiwan Phos-
pha'c Company, where the buildings
will soon be erected.
Cotton seed, when hauled to the
mills, is covered with short lint which
the cotton gim cannot take OF, Es the
saws aic not close enough together.
The seed is first put III screen Of cylin-
tlrical form and the dust sitlcd out,
then il is winnowcd or famed against
II screen. SO that dirt and heavy sub
stances fall from it. The close sci guns
are then used to Srrnpc the lint troul
the seed. The sc 'd then goes into
cylildrr containing cylindrical knives.
and aS tins cyin Ter rcvolvcs the seed
is cut mp very II ~, after which the
hnlls arc separated from the meal.
Ihc meal IS pressed between rollers
amt put ia woolcm bags, which are
placed between horse hair mats having
lrntllrr backs, ilulrd inside SO that the
oil can escape easily when tie meal is
put in the prcSs. The meal is subject
ct to II hydraulic pressure of 29G tons.
The bags are left in pressure about
seventeen minutes. The oil ruus OH
aud the meal is pressed into Il solid
rakc-oil cake. This oil is pumped
imlu room, called tht oil room, and
either barn clrd in Il crhuc state or re-
tinCa. II is refined 10y treating il with
rnu>lir soda. In refining the deposit
falls to tl;c bottom, and the refined oil
amounts to about 81 per cent. OF the
crude.
The first product derived from this
pr, cess Is Tie lim. which amour Is to
"bout thee per cent. of II crup-tl,at j.
The country gin takes ~ pcr cent. of
the crop and the ST., Il retains three per
cent, which the mills secure. The
cotton Is vtry White and clnn but very
short. and the best Of it sells at six
cents per pound. 1t is used to make
cotton batting and the short, st fibre
as pnlrr stock. The crop of the oil
mill amounted, ii is said, to 5000 bales
| last year.
second. The hulls constitute about
tor fuel to run the mill. and thus the
| I.r a. hes IN; kr n vnlu' hm fertilizer
and the NJ, nls b,", he f,r the pur.
lnSr oi "h".nn4 I've II. make soap.
lhld, The oil amounts ~ about
li.UIU,Guo gallons in thr Unilrd S,u.rs,
and about lo,OuO.OUo GALLONS ,rr YEAR
~ exported to Europe, where il is
used to "dnllc,aIc olive oil. Three
gallons oicntlon seed oil AMI one of
olive oil make tour gallons of the aver
aye olive oil. and the cotton oil can
| hardly br detected.
| The question naturally arises. if we
| iluNt w til pllNt OIL Nflicn Is nElup
"fruIton seed, wo1ld it not be well
tor home manufacturers to prepare it
and not allow the consumer to puy
TWO irclght> across the Atlantic.
Fourth. The oil cake is Of rich,
yellow color. and'is used principally to
feed stock. for " hich use it is ground
and fed Ike corn meal. Ii is shipped
in sac KS, each weighing 200 ponrds.
1t Is also Il most valuable trrtiliziuw
agent. Experiments made 10y leading
| farmers in the State show that 200
pounds Of meal yields more cotton,
corn or other grain than q ton of cot
ton seed. and is especially effective in
protecting crops from the effects of
drought.
Fifth The deposit left when the oil
is refined is Lsrd to make soap and
Ills" for making dyes. Thus nothing
Is lost.
ln addition to this, it has been re-
Gently discovered that the oil df the
cotton seed may hc substituted for
lard. Col. Q. .. Nelson. of Hunts
vile. Aln., says he has repeatedly used