The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
Cotton Seed Oil MiJls-cotton sesd Msai--A
Cotton Factory.

Nix. EpIroR.-As regar ds the Cotton
Seed Oil Mill, Of Union, there has been
great deal said and written, botn
pro and con, aud have been reading and
listening silently; but have had an opinion
all the while But, rs some say, an opin.
ion, unexpressed, is no opinion at all, L
thou ght would say somethiug-in crude
manner am aware-though with feeling
that it will be read critically. Now have
never been antagonistic to the Oil
Mills, and am not to this one.
While some say, or will say, that the Mill
are injurious to the country-to the farming
iudustry-that it will take the best ana
cheapest manure, cotton seed, from the
farms, and that the Union Mill will be
much more 80, it being nearer, know II
I am inclined to sell seed, the nearness OF |
the Mill will be no inducement, and ought |
| not 10 he, TO any one, il the farms are to
| be fieeced for money. But the land is not
| Obliged to be robbed Of that good manure,
| for the meal, which is said to be much
better than tho seed, could be returned.
DIR. Jones, Of the Southern Caltrdtor, who
is acknowledged authority on oil such sub
| ie cts, says that the cotton seed meal is better
for manure than the seed, and that II the
seed could be gotten to and the meal from
the mill, without too great an expense, sell
the seed, and buy meal, but never swap.
| We have tried it under cotton, alongside
of guano, and liked the meal the best.
| As for corn, it is rather troublesome, il not
too expensive, to put seed under it, for II
they are green they will come up, and that
much is almost lost, besides the time taken
to cover up the sprouted cotton. And 1t Is
generally conceded that time Is money.
But With meal no such result follows. II
| is said that there are about $16 or go
worth of oil and short lint in every ton Of
seed that is buried in the ground, aud that
there is not the least particle of manurial
value in oil. That much is literally thrown
away, that might be made to do somebody
good. And if you do friend good you
have done yourself good. Let Union build
the Mill, and then the Mill men and
farmers work to each others interest; Tor
if there are any two factors that ought TO
work together it is farming and manufac-
turing. This Mill will be a home enter
prise, and let all who are disposed to sell
seed sell to the home Mill, and make for
themselves some money and allow the MIL
men to make some also, out Of the other
: wise wasted oil aud lint. And then let the
Mill men sell the farmers, at fair prices, pure
unadultcrated, and highly concentrated
manure, cotton seed meal, and then thai
SlS or so that we have been throwing
away-burying it in the ground-will be
: circulated right here among us. There are
II some who will waste n large quantity o.
t seed that could be utilized some way, fol
c thew will not use them for manure, aud
c some will ship them long distance to sell.
Now. when they ship the seed to distant
| Man., A. t~~rasra receive the money foi
/, them 'ris true, but the money from the
G sale of oil is lost to US entirely. And II
. the farmers purchase meal from distan
Mills, or inferior grades of guauo, tha
: money, too, is sent frcm home to be circu
h lated among strangers, leaving thl
y county and its people that much poorer
and in more depressed condition.
$ And then, too, it is SAIL the huls, are
c an excellent feed for cattle, with great fat
tening qualtics-bctter than the sced. AT
II for that, we are Tot prepared to say any
:, thing, as it seems rather problematcal ;
Il but if it ;s true, then we may truthfully
Il endorse the couplet of tue negro:
"The cotton seed am greatly dcceibin
/. And its true worth ar past oil bcliebin.'
y Aud the cotton crop is of more importance
T. an the planters had realized.
;, Some will say that cotton seed is th'
n cheapest manure obtainnblc. don't think
, so. Let me try to givo cheaper one TO
C YOU know that OH four-6fths Of the land
il | tho lint nlone won pay for the raising, an'
:, the seed must so to get very little for you
i work That cheaper manure is pea vines.
II Where twenty acres-poor acros-have
c been plantad in cotton taks tea Of the best
and work and manure that we'll, aud it vii
o pay better than the twenty half cultivated
V | with tho extra expense attached, and the
Il other ten could be planted in peas, with a
:. | little cotton seed meal under them, or some
e good grade Of guano, and make heavy
It crop of peas, which is also money crop
Il | besides, the pea vines are valuable INA
II nuro without the expense and trouble o
hauling to and spreading on the field: and
~ Nth mo
rotation of corn and peas, oats and pea,
=, and cotton, until they bring their land to 9
= high state of fertility, at the same time, will
l. fair prices for cotton and seed, make twt
money crops on the same land, where tho
=, ! heretofore nave Il ado only part of one
With little surplus capital this coult
, easily be done, blt il is mighty hard for th
!, poor farmer to do nors th&n barely live
But it seems It has been the general rul
a | with us to work for everything but ou
own pockets, and we never succeed. AM
it is evidently tho case with town ant
country alike, for it seems that with then
: it is "tIt for tat; you kill my dog, xiii
your cat" Some may think this treason
but very few will attempt to gainsay it, fo1
both factors have been continually grum6
: ling aud croaking, and is doing so yet, to
certain extent, trying to give ventilation tc
I imag; nary wrongs.
Now, if thc whole cOunty-where ther
are no monopolies, trusts or ilegtimate con
, ducting of business: no selling Whs key out
+ right or smuggling 1t, but all engaged Il
good honest employment and occupations
:. hope to receive the blessings Of our on
) Master, God, we should Join hands in mu
tual friendship and work 10 each other
il interest, and our own,
Thereby scattering see Is OF kindness,
For our reaping, by and by
When the Seed Oil Mill is built and al
work, and running smoothly, aud without
Il grating or ;arribg, as we'll constructed
i steam engine then lei us oil join hands
the Alliance. the merchants and everybody
to build an imposing Cotton Factory, an
VAC na"h'ian isihn''.. - an indom;'"' '
n The census in England for 1887 shows o
ho drinking place for every 25O people.
No man has right to plead for bre
with the smell Of liquor on his breath.
AZ An observant traveller declares that Frcn
nu wine drinkers look exactly like tn" bran
~. and rum drinkers Of America.
rm The japanese Temperance Society,
Hawaii, fifteen months old, numbers II
l., out of the 5000 japanese residents.
I'm NJ Iunier, an eminent French phySicin
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