The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-06-28
Ihe Cotton Seed on an1n

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as IL IS generally known tlroupbo,, a.;
S,c''"li That Mr. J. II. Townsend lac ,m,r
.""s'' cotton seed oil mill, and KNOWN
.''''' 4 great deal Of interest i, h.;r, ,,,,,;
''n,eh at present in this comr,rot;yn,,, ,,,...
;,' l"s'!!' The lSrELLIGEScER reporter Wis.
~ =, ',''s seht!enan's establishment ON ,,s,
a! morning, with view of ,;v;,,,
0"' fe"uerS, in q brief way. some idea hnr
cotton seed oil is made.
Mr. loWnscnd's mill is situated 49,, r..
'o"hnary street, between Demo, and Renso,,
80 ror TWO years past he has been
operating gin and corn mill here. these
'u Wv, not occupy his time fully, especially
u''ins lhe Summer season, and being nat
'A''s iiHe' progressive and energetic
Mill nc concluded 20 purchase a cotio,,
seed OH mill, believing that the establish.
"s VI one mere would be of great benefit to
our people as well as profitable business
M n''nseii. After visiting Charleston and
Inspecting the working of the oil mill in
."a. c"y' he at once commenced making
"au''ions to his buildings, at the same time
giving his order to Messrs. Sullivan g. Rro
agents in this city for Messrs +. w Card
well " Co., of Richmond, Va, the leading
manufacturers of oil mills in the South.
ror TWO or three weeks past Mr.. ]. Lin.
com oydnor, the gcntIemanly and 1,rbane
representative of Messrs. Cardwell & Co
nas oeen engaged in putting ur the ma.
chinery for Mr.. Townsend. The first rpn
y" Oh Was made on last Friday, and the
machinery works admirably.
"heh we visited the mill on Monday we
were disappointed in not seeing il in onor,-
uon. Mr. Sydnor, however, very courte-
ousiy showed us through the mill, and cr.
planned everything in a satisfactory man.
ner.
re cotton seed are irst placed into n
hopper, from which they fall into what is
called the Seed Screen, where thew 90
through cleansing process and are carried
up an elevator, n distance of twenty feet
rhere they are empted into a Blower.
Here the seed is separated from everything
'orelsh' such as nails, gravel, &C., and car
rled INTO the Huller. where the hulls are sep
arated from the seed. The meat (as the suh-
stance OF the seed is now calledD is carried
from the 1fuller, through another elevator
10 the Rollers, where they are mashed.
from the time the seed are first placed into
lhe Seed Screen, they are not touched bv
haiiu uiitll they have passed through the
ROLLERS. From the Rollers the meat is
taken up and measured, and a certain
quantity at time placed into the Steam.
crs, where they are steamed for about tYen.
~ minutes. On being taken out of tho
steamers, the meat is placed into canels'
halr bags-each bag holding about nins
pounds-nnd placed into what is called
Books, which are made of hydraulic press
cd paper. These Books are then placed
INTO Boxes, which are put into h h,drau!ic
press of four hundred tons pressure. The
press holds five Boxes, and conscouently
presses forty-five pounds of meat at time.
In ABOUT ten minutes all the oil is pressed
out and conveyed i'll pipes to tank, where
II remains four or five days, after which it
Is pumped into barrels and ready for mar
ket, After the oil is pressed ont the cake is
removed toa mill and ground into meal.
The process Of making oil consumes
about ihirtv-iivr minutes from the time
the seed are first placed into the Screen.
The seed yiclis, according to the season
When the oil is made, from Twenty-Five to
thr,y-iive gallons per ton. Mr.. Town
sends mill has capacity of two tons Of
seed pei day. though he can double this at
any time b. the addition of another press
and another steamer, the other machinery
being adequate for that amount.
AS fertilizer and COW food, the cotton
seed meal is very valuable. Indeed the
meal is said to DE a better fertilizer after the
oil is pressed out tlian before. The oil, too
i'll its crude state, finds ready market
and the demand is daily increasing. at
present the crude oil is worth about fifty
cents per gallon, though the price fuctuatcs
considerably.
This is an enterprise that will be of un-
told benefit to our whole County, and Mr..
Townsend is the man to make it a success.