The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-26


J saws)-with its romp,nion cylinder armc,
with rows Of brushes to sweep the cottor
: oil, the stripped seeds falling through tn,
open bars of the wire plutorm, solved th,
problem and raised cotton to the first place
among textile fabrics.
; But, with growing mounds of fcccy cot
ton Gu the one hand came the rapid accu.
mulltion Of the refuse seed on the other
On every cotton ltantation there accumu-
lated annually immense heaps Of black
greasy, hthy-look'ng, slowly rot;ing, oncn>
sivc refuse from the cotton gin.
AS the sharp teeth Of the rapidly-rcvolv-
ing cylinder tore { # the nowy fleece, the
disposition Of the rapidly-accumuIatins
seeds, which were poured forth rs waste,
the disposal Of which furnished an ever
recurring problom to the planter, who little
dreamed OF the miAc Of wealth that lay be-
fore his very eyes
1t was not until the destruction of the
nearer forests forced upon the sugar planter
the serious consideration Q: the fuel-prob>
lem that the possibilities lying dormant in
the equally troublesome waste products of
the sugar mill-the GayusSc-wcrc discov
cred.
So, in the forced disposition of the cotton
seed its unexpected value as fertilizer was
discovered.
10 render the tough-coateI soed more
promptly available rs piantstood, the seeds
were rudely crushed, when 10. the rich
supply of oil was r,vcalcd; while, BY an
other happy accident, that which had been
not only considered useless, but even feared
az poisonous, and carefully kept beyond the
reach of stock, was when accidentally ea>
ten found to be not only harmless but act
uaIly fattenlns, and in the greasy chops of
the satisfied beasts the dormant possibilities
OF cotton -seed-oil revealed themselves.
During an unusually severe winter,
cautious experimental use of cottou-seed, to
its value as a fooa-suppiy. Further 't ex:
porimcnts and continued use of the oil,
proved it to be invaluable as a food, as
lubricant in the pharmacy and in the soap
factory
The cottou-crop itself is also materially
increased by the discovery Of the oil, for it
is found that while the seed loses none Of
its value as fertilizer by the removal of
the oil, the yield Of cotton is lirgcly n>
creased by the superior stimulating and
invigorating properties of cotton-seed-meal
as a fertilizer, over the whole seed. as at
first used Of which 4 large part either
sprouts or rots, the remainder lying dead
and inert long time before it can be taken
up and appropriated as a crop-iood.
The lint-cotton is also much increased,
being removed more thoroughly and pcr>
fectly preparatory to the crushing process.
Greedy children are told that they cam
not cat their cake, and have it, too: but
the fortunate cotton>plantcr can both sell
his cotton-secd and have it also In South
Carolina, Farmers Oil Mills, by moves
ment recently inaugurated. promise to re-
turn to the planters the meal from all the
seed furnished them, ready for use as a
fertilizer the w"rld the richer for tkc oil, ,
the farmer enriched by the exchange for
while the whole seed in the hull is worth
as fertilizer, but seventeen dollars per ton
the ground meal, separate from the hull, is
worth iorty-two dollars, and the ashes from
the hulls eighteen dollars more
Thus, from the position Of troublesome
waStc-products-an cyc-sore cumEcring the
ground cottcn-sccd now takes rank as n
valuable commercial product more valu-
able to the planter than the fore itself, for
while the cotton crop of 1891 was estimated
at SSl ,ll3. 0O0 the seed Of which there
) are two tons to one Of lint, was worth at
market rates, as n fertilizer alone, SSG.-
S4O,O 600, leaving out of the calculation the
oil aud the hulls.
The l0l mills in operation in 1852
, according to the report Of the Cotton Seed
f Crushcr's Convention produced over nine
, teen micn gallons Of crude oil every tor
ofsecd yielding thrty>iivc gallons of oil
In addition to the oil and the meal, ever,
ton of seed also yields some twenty pounds
| of fine soft lint, and 4 considerable puanity
c Of soap stock.
c The hulI5 arc valuable as fuel, yielding
ashes rich in tcrtilizing elements; as papc
j stock and also for coarse food for sheer
and cattle, thus extending the livc-stocl
n industry of the country-anothor addition
= to the already long list Of bencfccnt result
Il, flowing from the apparently trivial acci
:, dental discovery of the long-unsuspectc,