The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-11
Total. ........................2,572 bales.


Last year 1911 bales were ginned In town.
That figure not yet having been reached, we
asked yesterday at the ginneries for opinions m
ginned In town between now and the close of
Mr.. r. &. Wilson thought that from three
TO four hundred would be fair estimate
certainly not over four hundred.
MIR. Francis Henry, at the Enterprise Gin
merry, thought that the number would be at
least q thousand or twelve hundred. He ex-
pected TO gin not less than three hundred
more.
Mr.. C. V. Hammond. at the oil mill, gave
1t as his opinion that there would be from nj.
teen hundred TO two thousand bales gtnned
between now and Christmas. He would be
disappointed If he himself did not gin four
hundred more.
Where there is so much difference OF opin-
ion among the cotton men IL might seem
presumptuouS for an editor TO make predlc-
lion. We will ask the reader TO note future
reports We will make our guess about
Christmas.
Speaking for the Press and Banner, we be-
lieve the shipments from Abbeville this sea-
son will be two thousand bales less than last
year.
-, COTTON SEED, MEAL, AND HULLs.
We have heard some talk OF other towns
paying u higher price for seed than Abbe.
vile pays. and We have heard the statement
denied. We have also heard that there Is no
universal rule as to what makes q bushel OF
to the bushel, and others making less
amount. We think If seed were sold by the
hundred pounds q better and more uniform
system would be brought about. 1t now
seems that Abbeville Is good market Tor
seed.
The oil mill has been running day. and
night for the last month or more, and the
work has been most satisfactory. The nave
been making first class meal and first grade
! oil, but because Of u broken heater the mill
has not been working up TO It's full capacity.
y inn al,nnt HffEQn lnRt14n
about twenty-five. But this drawback VIII
be remedied In q few days. The new ma
chine was shipped week ago, and Will be
here this week.
The demand for meal and hulls has been
unprecedented. Our people are beginning 70
learn their true value US stock 1000, ana
great quantities OF 1t are being hauled away
every day. The newspapers report that meal
and hulls are first class food for mules ana
horses, and our own people have oeen ln
few instances, experimenting win II. w me
use Of both meal and hulls yet facts are stub
born things, and the result OF every exper-
iment. as far rs heard from, has proved sats-
factory.
many owners of stock are daily seeking In.
formation on the subject, and the oil mill
does not hesitate to encourage such sentl,
ment by giving samples OF ooth the meal anu
the hulls.
There are very few farmers now who feed to
cattle or throw ON the ground the raw SEED.
IOuuu IOuHu lle litttl anu hiS WV
ter Than the raw seed. The oil In the raw
seed has bad effect on cattle, If ipjudicious-
ly fed The process Of cooking and going
through the mill seems to remove all nn-
healty substance from the seed. and admir-
ably fits it for the nourishment OF animals OF
every kind.
From all present appearances the cotton
seed hulls that can now be had at s.. 50 ton,
and cotton seed meal that Is sold at 81 per
hundred pounds, make as good or better food
| for mules and horses than corn meal ana
corn fodder-the price being greatly in fhvor
! OF the meal and hulls.
THE STAPLE.
All cotton that has been brought to mar
| ct has been readily taken, but the chief de-
maud has been for the finer grades. Cotton
was rather sick for few days, but has rallied
again, and prices for d day or two, have ruled
! a Shade higher Yesterday, an extra nice ar
ticle brought ~ cents, but large per cent. OF
the staple was sold ut lower figures, varying
down as low as III cents.