The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-05
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ern Farmers.
To the Editor of the Ne,os and Cou-
rier.-Whils in Rome, Ga, last March
/ saw something that was revelation
to me.
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan, of the firm of
Tswers h Sullivan, showed me in one
enclosure about seventy beeves (gen-
orally old work oxsn) that had fattsned
on cotton seed hulls alone. No com,
no fodder, hay or sbucks, nothing but
cotton seed hulls as they came from tho
huller of seed oil factory just across
the street, and many of these oxen wero
30 fat that they would not stand up sx-
eept to eat, as fat and fine as any over
saw como 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
Jids eontaia6d similar troughs constant
ly filed with pure water, to which they
had constant access. That was all,
cotton seed hulls and water.
Subsequently, I met q gentleman,
living in the city, who told me that he
had miloh 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 q 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 q
small amount Gone pint at n feed, /
think of cotton seed meal, with the
result of an increase to eight quarts
Of milk day, at q cost Of four cents
q day or half cent quart.
Later on l met Mr.. Isaac Gailiard,
late Of Fairfield County, this State, who
told me that having lost n large amount
of hay by fire in January last, he had
since fed seven milch cows on cotton
seed hulls alone for roughness at cost
OF two cents day each, that is the
hulls cost him fifteen cents a hundred
pounds, and the seven COWS just ate
one hundred pounds day, and with tho
addition of q small ration of meal, ke,,t
in beautiful condition and yielded p.iik
generously. l saw tho herd-fine, fat,
sleek Devons-and they gave every
evidence Of the highest conditj on.
1t was indeed revelation to me and
showed up vista of the vast possibii-
ties OF the cotton producing region in
cattle growing, dairying md beef pro-
ductiop.
l have given the subject much
thought since, and wish through your
columns to make somo suggestions to
my brother farmers.
Cotton seed oil mills are being built
in overy 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 plauta-
tions; the competition between the
mills will put tie seed to a price that
Vii induce the farmers to part with
!hemin min5al Al Is returned to fHeaifFu upaSt ..Qf
tilizer, but the hull is lost aud worse
than lost, because the mills, having to
pay the transportation on the. Siu5h .x-
ira weight; Of course pay less for the
seed, as oil is the desired product and
the bulls produce no oil. If an oil
mil was in the immediate vicinity of
every farm it might pay to sell The seed
and buy back the bulls, possibly, but
this is generally imPracticablc 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
eed on the farms ;whero produced
The kernels could then DO sacked nd
'hipped to the mills, either for u, oncv
'r in exchange for cotton seed meal
and the hulls kept at hom-,, turned
INTO milk, butter or beef, aft .er passing
through she cattle could b., returned to
he land in manure rich in potasb
'ho'phates and ammr mia, and equal,
pound for pound, to one-halP its weight
u the standard Commercial fertilizers.
IN this way am convinced the fs-
'sh % made blessing instead
u arse to the cotton farmers, and
'n' ..ner jewel added to the crown of
"King Cotton" w. r. DAVE.