The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-09
ayes, very much more than we had

Its growth for Kitchen use is simply
amazing. We get inquiries every day
concerning il from all parts of the coun.
try and the interest is very general
Parties will naturally prafar Il to hogs
lard il 1t can be demonstrated that il
will take its place. This it does when.
ever it gets chance. We sent out sev.
eral hundred boxes as SAMPLES when we
frat started. The groceis would not
touch it at oil. Tho demand for it from
families rho have tried it is now leading
them to take hold of it, and there lie &c
question but that II will shortly super.
sede lard almost entirely. It 10 cleaner.
cheaper and better. Mr. Barnett, who
is prudent and experienced mon, tried
it and writes that he has used it in best
biscuit, and that it is simply impossible
for any one to detect it, even if his at.
tention he's been called to it. suppose
no more delicate test could be given than
with best biscuit" may stop here TO
mention that it Is said that Mr.. Barnett
is so susceptible 10 poorly cooked food
that ae has claimed that he is able when
lying on his back aud suffering dyspepsia
to tell exactly how many licks are put
upon best biscuit. claiming that 9Sl
stout blows are necessary to bring beat
biscuit to full perfection. "Thfs testi-
!mony is that Of almost every one who
has tried it,"
oil?"
Yes, the meal is undoubtedly the
best cattle food in the world. The chem
ish of the German government having
been ordered to make an eualye. of the
leading stock foods and give the nutritiye
qualities of each, made the following 70.
port: Taking oat meal as standard OF
100 he reported that corn meal was Il3,
pea meal 130, and cotton seed meal ITO.
The American dairy association made a
report upon this subject, and declared
that one bushel of cotton seed meal
would produce as much milk as two
bushels of any other food they had triod.
The products of the cotton seed are new
aud they havo been required to make
their way against prejudice, to supersede
established articles Of commerce and of
common use. They have therefore had
tosmove slowly, but they have moved
quality is now confessed on all sides and
the future is plain sailing. There is no
doubt in my mind, and l am not sn en-
thusiastlc man, and have studied the
question very closely, that in few years
we shall have cotton mills at every avail.
able point in the south and that the bulk
OF the seed of the cotton crop shall be
made merchsntable as cotton, ash, lint,
meal and oil, and that the oil produced
from the seed shall be refined 80 that IL
will command q high price and con-
mend itself to domestic use. In this way
we shall add millions to the value OF our
staple crop, and establish two Important
industries in the south in addition to
what we have already"
After securing these facts sought Mr..
Albert Thornton, who is now engaged in
purchasing the machinery for O new cot
ton e5ed oil mill to be established in At
larta, and who before determining upon
this investment made careful envestiga-
tions as to the probable profit. l give
give what he says:
"The cost of our mill will be about
thirty-five thousand dollars; this in.
cludes the very best Of machinery that
is for sale. Cheap machinery could be
had for less. The capacity Of this mill
will be twenty barrels for evory ten hours
In estimating the capacity Of machinery,
however, makers usually consider day
as twenty.three hours, running night
and day. The capacity Of our machine
ry on this basis would be fifty barrels
per day"
What working capital will you use?''
II should say probably ten thousand
dollars. This added to the cost of our
machinery would make SAT, ,00O-say an
investment of S50,000."
"Now, what profits do you expect3"
It's hard to say definitely, but have
no hesitation in giving you the figures
that have induced us to buy. Sixty
bushels of cotton seed mako ton. The
price now is from ten to twelve cents, but
I estimate to lay them down at our mill
at 20 cents, as the price will advance
On this basis n ton OF seed will cost say
$12. Now fer the product. We will gel
thirty five gallons of oil which now sells
at 40 cents gallon. think the price
of this will advance with the price ol
cotton seed, and with its general intro
duction, but ct present prices the 35 gal
Ions OF oil which ton of seed woulc
yield would give uy Si4 for the oil. Ther
we get, say 20 pounds of lint saved from
the seed. Many put this at sixty pounds
but with the improved gins now used
there is not so much left on the seed
This lint sells at six and half cents
pound, would give us say dollar ant
sixty cents. Then we have 900 pounds
of cotton cake worth dollar and quar-
ter. The hulls are used for fuel, and ths
potash in each ton of the ashes is worth
Gay 80 cents. This makes the total pro
duct of ton of seed which cost 81:
worth about $l7.l5, or q press profit o
about five dollars ton; rs the mill viii
work twenty tons by running ten hours
day, this would be profit of one hun
dred dollars for the days work. Th,
cost of making this would be $l5 da,
for labor, including a superintendent,
book-keeper, skilled workman and 81,
common laborers. Fuel w0nld be pro
vided by the hulls of the seed. The in
terest on the Investment would be, sa
ten dollars working day. For iuciden
tails ten dollars day, and for wear an,
tear of machinery, say ten dollars day
This makes o total cost of $45 per day
or, to put it in round figures, $50 da
on o gross profit Of 500 O day. Thi
would give US return Of about 80 pc
cent on our investment above the inter
| est of eight per cent, which is charge
up in expenses. These are the genera
| figures upon which we have determine
to go into the business"
IF these figures are correct, Why Is
that moro cotton seed oil mills are nc
being built7"
Simply because the business has jui
been established. The growth in cotto
seed oil mills has been wonderful, and i
my opinion has just fairly started. AR
other tning that has retarded the dcve
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