The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-05
Cotton Seed on.

place between the enterprising editor OF
the Athens GA. Banner, who il devot
ing good deal of his paper to farm top.
ic+, aud one of the largest and most sue
ceSSiui planters in the State:
Why do you no. urge upon the farmers
OF the country the Importance ofextrac,iny
the oil from their cotton scri?" asked
I Hon. James Aq. Smith. the mammoth
planter OF Ogiethorpe, of us Yesterday.
We replied b: asking Colonel Smith
to tell Us all he knew in regard to the
matter
You can get fuller Information on Til,
subject from Professor White than any
one else, for he has analyzed seed both
before and after extracting the oil and
can tell you the exact value of each.
He has clearly demonstrated, however,
that both for feed or fertilizer, the cotton
seed is worth more after extracting the
oil than before. Actual experiment. too.
by practical farmers, has proved the Pro.
fessor to be correct. had rather have
one hundred pounds of cotton seed meal
under s: croi, Of any kind than the hes!
ammoniated guano that you can hnr. Il,
is just us valuable rs n fertilizer, vet don't
fire the cToi. so badly during drought
This may look like n surprising state.
ment, yet, nevertheless, it is true. You
can take the meal and sprinkle it Just as
thin rs you would guano, aud it is fully
rs valuable, pound for pound, rs The
highest brands. Why, w'c Southern far.
mers have lost II fortune by not knowing
this sooner. Here we have been expen,l.
ing millions annually for II commercial
fertilizer, and then wasting much better
article right ut home. Let us now inves.
tigate this matter and see what farmers
cotton seed are worth. have thorough
ly Informed myself on the subject aud
know what nm talking about 4 bush
cl Of cotton seed will yield onc-half gal
Ion of oil, which is worth at Wholesale
twenty cents. Besides this it turns out
twenty. five pounds Of meal, and putting
this at the same price of guano, We have
fifty cents worth of fertilizer or stock
feed. There are thirty bushels Of seed
in every bale Of c0lton-a clear profit to
the farmer of SIS, leaving out the value
OF the oil. So putting cotton ut l l cents
per pound, you see the seed brings him
in more than third rs much as the lint,
upon which crop we have heretofore sole.
ly depen'' fpr our money. Cotton seed
are to da, .orth 35 cents per bushel to
the grower, and believe that in KS than
five years they will bring 10 or 80 cents
Our people are getting fas! aroused to
this new source of wealth, and it won't be
many years befole you will see cotton
seed oil mill in every neighborhool
Farmers will carry their seed to it the
same as they now do their corn to some
grist mill. 1t will enable us to raise cot.
ton cheaper, save the money we are now
paying for gnauo, and at the same time
restore our worn out lands. l tell you
these cotton seed oil mills are the grand
est enterprise OH this continent, and will
be worth more than any other mnnufac.
tory We could build. They are going to
rcvolntionize the agriculture ofthc South,
and you know that We farmers badlyneed
a change Of some kind"
Can you give us any estimate as to
the cost of one of these mills" VIC ask.
ed
"Yes; for have been writing for pr-
ces, with view of putting up one my
SELF 10 get mill in running order will
cost about 81 800; but they can and will
soon be built cheaper. A large compa-
ny is now at work on these mills, and in
tend TO manufacture Il small size for furm
purposes. do not know what they will
be worth, but they will doubtless be in
reach Of ALL"
Mr.. Smith is no visionary man, but n
solid, practical farmer, who never cndor.
ses thing unless he knows what he is
doing. During the Clement attachment
craze he examined into the matter and
Informed us ut once that there was not
much money in them. But he is enthus.
ed on the subject of cotton seed oil mills,
and gives them his unqualified indorsc.
ment We will investigate this subject
fatthcr aud let our readers know ali we
can learn about their worth. Southern
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