The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-05
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ds.fia Results Of PldefelSzrZ
ments-iSone Sxggestions to iSouth.

as.fa Results Of Fsdes;elssza 1za
ments-Some Suggestions to South.
ern Farmers.
To the Editor of the Neps and Cou-
rier.-Whils in Rome, Ga, last March,
Isaw something that was a revelation
to me.
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan, of the firm of
Tswers Il Sullivan, showed me in one
enclosure about seventy beeves (gen-
orally cid work oxsn) that had fattsued
on cotton seed hulls alone. No com,
no fodder, hay or sbucks, nothing but
cotton seed hulls as they came from tho
hullsr of seed oil factory just across
the street, and many of these oxen were
90 fat that they would not stand up sx-
oept to eat, a. fat and fns as any / ever
saw come off the mosquito grass of
Western Texas. Around three sides of
this enclosure were covered sheds con-
tanning troughs filed with hulls from
which the bseves fed, and the fourth
side contained similar troughs constant
~ filed with pure water, to which they
had constant access. That was all,
cotton seed hulls and water.
Subsequently, I met a gentleman,
living in tho city, who told me that he
had niiloh cow to which he had been
feeding bran, meal and hay at a cost of
thirty cents per day, for which the COW
YIELDED him four quarts of milk per
day, at cost, outside of labor and
trouble, OF seven aud half cents per
quart. He had been induced to change
her ration to cotton seed hulls, with
small amount Zone pint at a feed, l
think) of cotton seed meal, with the
result of an increase to eight quarts
of milk a day, at a cost of four cents
day or half cent q quart.
Later on l met Mr.. Isaac Gailliard,
late of Fairfield County, this State, who
told me that having lost large amount
OF hay BY fire in January last, he had
since fed sevsn milch COWS on cotton
seed hnlls alone for roughness at a cost
Of two cents a day each, that is the
hulls cost him fifteen cents a hundred
pounds, and tho seven COWS just ate
one hundred pounds day, and with tho
addition of small ration of meal, ke,,t
In beautiful condition and yielded u.iik
generously. l saw the herd-fine> fat,
sleek Devons-aud they gave every
evidence Of the highest conditj on.
It was indeed a revelation to me and
showed up vista of the vast possibili-
ties of the cotton producing region in
cattle growing, dairying and beef pro-
ductiop.
l have given the subject much
thought since, aud wish through your
columns to make somo suggestions to
my brother farmers.
Cotton seed oil mills are being built
IN every part of the State and of the
South a:large portion Of the seed an
nually produced will soon be sold to
these mills and taken off the planta-
tions; the competition between the
mills will put tie seed to a price that
VII induce the farmers to part with
the4an 4anvu1 fstnfuedt 10 fifeatalrru atalrrup upaSt of
tilizer, but the hull is lost aud worse
than lost, because the mills, having to
pay the transportation on that much ex-
ira weight; Of course pay less for the
seed, as oil is the desired product and
the hulls produce no oil. If an oil
mill was in the immediate vicinity of
syery farm it might pay to sell the seed
and buy back the bulls, possibly, but
this is generally imPracticable ; what,
therefore, / suggest is that all parties
owning gins, portable or stationary,
should provide themselves With ir.,-
proved cotton seed hullers and hull all
the cotton seed except those needed for
seed on the farms ;where produced
The kernels could then be sacked , nd
shipped to the mills, either for n, onev
or In exchange for cotton seed. meal
and the hulls kept at homr, turned
into milk, butter or beef, aft er nassinc
through the cattle coald b., returned to
the land in manure rich in potash,
Phosphates and ammr mia. and equal
pound for pound, to one-half its weight
OF the standard Commercial fertilizers
in this way }. am convinced The es.
mnnsPmnnf--~- ss's0u sseu OH mills
can Dc made a blessing instead
OF q arse to the cotton farmers, and
su' ..ner jewel added to the crown of
"King Cotton" w. r. DAVE.
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