The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-01-24


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Ter 3 Wna literally wasted Tha yeet
asnoant of secd not pns thsoo3k - aIfIla,
wns n6ed or Ieed for nIoelk q IiSeFs.
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ter for eitker ssoa - fesfiIizers afer tks
OIL has bees saken out sIsnn before. Tie
oil nlAkes 4 TO rieis ~ ~ a1.I sek1ftls
h dec0mpnGilioa 1hd n1s;EsiIzfisn = !
fertilineF. "A tgn of the pneaI she buIk
left alter the oil b anken cot, s. worth
e1s, or nearly tNice - ,nneh = ! ton ef
seed. Indeed Mr.. Boston tells me thAt
he exchanxes On hin farm, swD toss Of
seed for oae ton % meal TIE hall Of
the seed y ueed - fnef Is the nzEIls. nnd
the ashes from 9hese hnlIs is worth t2s 3
ton for fertili1ng usea
Ii the whole crop Of the c0tton-seed wa
worked through the on miIls, therefore, Il
would add over So, ,DO0, 900 TO the value
of the cotton crop, and not deprive the
land Of one pound Of fertilizer, Or ths cat
tie and sheep Of one poand Of food. In
deed It would only assist the land and
the stock in digesting the FOOD, and make
It more agreeable 70 them And yet We
work mp only One-sixteenth Of the seed
One difficulty, Of course, is the lack of
capital with which to build mills This
is being rapidly eliminated Each year
sees new mills added, and the future will
show even brisker growth. l hear that
Mr.. H. |. Kimball Is going to establish
refinery IN Atlatna, and that the former
owner Of Catoosa Springs win establish
one In Dalton No legitimate enterprise
in the South need ever lack for capital
again. Another difficulty, and quite .
serious one, Is that the mills cannot buy
enough seed to keep them busy the year
through. The farmers having been ac-
customed for years to throw their seed
back on the ground or to waste it alto
gether, still pursue that plan OF course,
mills established in new localities will be
supplied from new territory. Even cid
mills lind it easier to bay seed every year.
The rise in the price tempts new farmers
to sell, and in short time mills viii get
all the seed they want Then they will
run twelve months IN the year instead Of
SIX months, As At present, and their capaci-
ty viii be practically -d0abied-
A STEP STILL FURTHKR FORWARD.
Now, we have seen how, in the past
few years we have taken from ton of
eotton-seed 35 gallons of oil, hitherto
wasted, worth first 80 and then 10 cents
per gallon and we have seen under this
process the cash value of ton Of cotton
seed rise from e6 to SI2 We have seen
further, a system of refining established
by which this crude oil, selling at Accents
gallon, has been made worth 65 cents
to 81 gallon But we should not stop
even here.
The Anaerieds Grocer shows that salad
oil and olive oil Is selling in New York
from $3.50 to 81 gallon. There il not
the slightest doubs that this Is our cot
ton-seed oil, refined up to the highest
point and sold in fancy bottles At fancy
prices. Analysis shows this-the experts
anil imports show it--and Americans who
have been to Europe and Europeans who
come here affirm ii. Indeed, since the
excellnt qualities Of the cOtfon-seed oil
have been demonstrated, Il Is not denied
by those who sell it that the finer salad
ellis owe their origin to this humble and
despised seed
Now, the man who sells this oil at o. .
gallon gets more for the oil than the lint
from the same seed gives the farmers, for
(allowing 90 per cent for loss in refining)
the oil would be worth 31I2 per ton,
while two bales of cotton, which came
from the same ton OF seed, would not bring
over 800.
If the refner in MarseiIles or Antwerp
can afford to send over here for his crude
oil, pay its way across the ocean twice,
and its duty at New York, and ssill get
rich on it, how much better coaid he do
by establishing his refinery in the South
ern States. And this is what It viii come
to. Had the c0tton-seed been grown IN
New England, every village would now
have It's refinery, and would have re-
established in the making Of pureOlive
oil : cute industry fhat died with the
decadence Of wOoden natmegs, and ban
guished when the demand for nanneE6au-
sage was diminished There II not IN the
whole range Of nature more perfect
economy than i furnished IN the hand
ling Of cOttou-seed Il comes to min
bursting with an oil, the quality Of which
is incompatible and the demzand for which
Is exhaussIess. The bulk Of the seed b.
Gomez more valuable - aa srtieIe Of com
naerce and more useful for its material
purpose alter this wealth Of oil has been
pressed out. il its halls Il farnisles The
fuel for the machieuery used TO crash the
balsam from its bod carries even into
its ashes all the valuable properties Of its
halIs.
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