Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-01-13
uIIlI,lNo WASTE PRODUCTS.

/ 20 the farmer become morr rcmuner-
stiyc. The most striking Illustration
that Ne hsye vet had IN this line IL the
development of the uses and value of
cotton sori. Scarcely q generation ago
II Was a waste product. New the manu-
fscturc ~ oil fron Il IL one of the grrat
industrie. of th. south, bat not vet near
IN approaching What viii b. lts ultimate
extent, ani the oil has q legitimate place
Ia many branches of commsrce and the
manufactures, With ncw spheres of n.c-
fulne.s vet being found Tor u. The
meal. which remains after the oil IL ex-
traete,i, l. of such value bath for feeding
aud fertilising-hsving lo-, nothing for
either of thess purposes by lo.ing ". oil
that u I. constantly a question which
use II shall be devoted "a. The best
farmers generally agrce, however, that
n. fullest value I. obtained by feeding,
aud then applying the rich manufisl
product to the land. Other. combine the
neal with acid phosphate, aud max. Oh.
bet fertilizer that can be had for th.
cotton crop.
Within thrre wears, the hulls ~ the
cotton SOD were In truth waste prod
uct, accumulating about the mills 80
that they bcCame a nuisance. Cattle
wer. carefully kept from thcm as they
we're thought "a b. injarioas. New
some " the largest oil mills have gr-it
cattle pens connected. In which hun
drc,i. of cattle are fci, the greater por-
tlon of their ration being the hitherto
despls-i halls.
In ginning. the .ecd has never bccn
wholiy cleaned ~ IT. hbcr, the e.tiuisied
sa.ic b,lng about slSiy-hyc Poands 81
flbsr to the ton oi .c-i. Nos, Improved
mschlncry 1. employed a. secure q large
rartion ot this, aud at least one estab-
iishmsut la IA. south u de,Oting itsslf
largrl, Ca saving thl. iibcf frum the .cc'i
that come. Into the mill. from the plan
tatiou ginucfics.
The use of the halls for paper stock
has aiso been rendered suCc-sful, aud q
mlil /. about to D. crrcicd al lIuntsSillc,
Ala, o. Manufacture on = large scale.
The COMPANY prvpo.e Ia erryt other
mllls, and L. said 10 have entered Into .
contract Nith the Cotton oil Trust Tor
$4,000 tans IL hull. pef anuum. Thus
thefr wiii D. rivalry a. a. the most pruf.
liable 49, fur the hulls a. there already l.
regarding the meal.
The u.s - the iih-r of the cotton stalk
for hagging Ia the plac- ~ luic !. yc, ln
"a. experimental stage bat u !. c"nh-
IDENTIFY expected that Il Slll eventually
l.e employed In some manner which will
,id to the value % the cotton crop a. a
Nhnlr
NJ other grop eau compare With cot
ton In the multipliciiy ot uses for It. by
ura,Iucts. but In the North Ne have in
rr-.nt wears h-en lrsrnlng morv aud
mory ~ the feeding value of cotn fod-
der. the by-pruiuct of the Indian Cotu
plant. II has often bc.n suggv-iei that
.ams portions ~ thl. might D. usci as
paper stock. ani rrccni experiments Ia
Austria srv saii Ca haS. Demonstrated
that IT, uss I. practicable.
straw, a by-prUiuct 90 our great cerrl
staples, Ia. bong tr,n uss,i in the manu-
facturv 20 c,,ar.r grades of pAl-r, and Il
nov usc,i to somv .Ntrut In th. mana
fsrturr oi straw timber, an Industry
that may gros Q" large proportions.
southern rlcc planter. arr looking
toWari thi. industry with considerable
iuter~.i. a. II promlses o. snoni employ
msut for fic- straw. a proiat hitherto
cou.li-rrd rather a bunisn than a ."urcc
"a pwht.
In th~ samo I'm. may b. nsm-i the
of prpducts. not from culti.
Naici vegetation. bat fum oar Wild
NoollAnds. The gray spanish mos.
that rroNs so profu.-ly In the South has
long b~en gathered, dfi-l, ani by sPe-
clai proccsss. prepared 10 b. us~i ~
.ab.iliutc fuf hair la .iuiiing maitrvssc-
ani furuiiufr. >r~lics 10 the long-l~aN-
ei pine are woven Into bagging aud
very scr,icahl- maiting. Cellar oil u
h-lng proiuc-,i, by dls,ilisiion, from the
email hranche. of the rel cellar trvc.,
uhich are much mer- convenient and
than the ,having. formerly
a.sSl. rhe.c ani kinirr,l lndu.iric. az
FORD employment at old tlmes, aud Ia a
gla.. of our rural popuhtion which does
not flnd iis complement la rrgalar line.
II agriculture. while the nse 81 hereto
forr waste product. 20 cultivated crops,
the further er,rlopmsui of ~ hich ~e may
confidently expect. will b. the means 81
sd.lins somea hat "a the rewards 81 the
farmer. IL spite IL our Increased aiten-
lion a. these anil similar details, our
Amrrican farmers till lack the degrcc
Of .couomy which m IKE. the French az
flruliuri.t notssi throughout the world
ior hl. pto,Periiy.-Amefican AgricuI-
furt.f