The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-15
COTTON SEED OIL MILLS.
Every County In tho state should Have
One.

One.
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Several articles have lately appeared III
your columns Oh the manufacture o.
cotton seed oil a.:d coIton meal. a
brief statement from one who has been
engaged in il manufactures mas prove Of
interest. The large mills erected for
this purpose are generally vi the capac
i;y of 50 or - tons, and will cOnsume
that amount Of cotton seed in - hours
run. The machinery required for the
business are, linter- 10 remove the COTTON
from the seed, cotton press, oil presses,
one huller TO crush the sced, one set Of
rolls to break tie oil cells in the seed
after hul!ing, cake mill for grinding the
cake, and muller stones for pulyerlzing
the oil cake, with elevators, screens and
c0nvcrOrs. The cost of this machinery
for mill of 80 tons capacity, would be
about $50 900 and for Il mill Ui - tons
$2l 900, which includes engine and boil
ers.
The result Of numerous experiments
have appeared q. various times in your
columns confirming the value of cotton
seed meal as fertilizer Prof. Charles
w. Dabney, Of the North Carolina de-
partmcnt of agriculture, states that there
is no agricultural product produced i'll
such vast quantities that is SO imperfect.
ly appreciated as this At six million
bales Of cotton, three million tons Of
cotton seed are produced in The South
yearly. /. appears that not Il fourth Of
the valuable products Of cotton seed were
known until very lately. 1t seems now
that the time will soon come when the
seed shall have value comparable to
that Of the lint. Each year has devel.
oped some new uses to which some d its
| products can be put 1t WAS early known
| 10 be q good feed for cows, sheep and
hogs. Accident revealed later that cot
ton seed WAS An excellent fertilizer. The
sscd was then huIled and the oi! ex.
| pressc;, and the meal was found to be
improved as feed stuff and manure both
the hulls are used as fodder and litter
for cattle. We have table oil, lard and
butter from cotton seed oil, and nothing
but prejudice and habit are il the way
Of their extensive use. The refuse oil il
made into soap and candles. Can we
not we'll say that there is promise f,r
cotton uneGualled by any agricultural
product in the world? 1t affords the
great staple of clothing, valuable
article Of food for man, another for
beasts and un excellent fertilizer for
plants. No other agricultural produc,
has such q future before it.
The following extracts are taken from q
paper read before the Southern Under.
writer's Association at Atlanta, Ga, May
%, 1850, by Mr.. Henry V. Ogden. He
says: Cotton seed oil is The basis ol
nitro glycerinc and Of various other ex.
pi"sive compounds. Cotton seed oil is
tho best material known Tor making
glycerine. One gallon Of crude oil
returns three and one half pounds OF
glyccrinc." Mr. Ogden also says there
are tiftyscven oil mills in the South
during the past two years. Two mills
have been erected in Georgia, two in
South Carolina and one North Carolina
1t can be seen ut Il glance if the yearly
crop OF seed was distributed equally to
the sixtytwo mills now in operation
and from which deduct the amount ol
seed necessary for planting, 49,, ,S72 tons
each mill would receive fl ,405 tons
The mills have the capacity to consume
only $4,000 tons, and many will con.
sumo only 5000 tons of seed yearly
The average product of single ton OF
short staple seed is 80 gallons of crude
oil, 7oO pounds of meal, 20 pounds oil
lint, u pounds Of ashes. The net profit
on ton of seed manipulated by the mills
is not less than $3.50. The oil is refined
By agitation in refining kettles with con-
centrated soda under certain degree oi
heat, after which it is filtered through
carbon.
Nearly every county in the State
should have an oil ;::i!i of small capaci-
ty. The large mills would then consume
the surplus seed. ErIwAN.