The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-08-15
Total value per 1000 poupds.....

It will be observed from this analysis
that the meal contains the three essential
elements of plant food, making 1t COM
plete fertilizer. The Southern fertilizer
factories use meal largely In their STAN
dard goods, and 1t furnishes them one Of
the best, and at this time the cheapest,
ammouiates on the market. Among the
first to make this use of 1t was Col. Geo.
w. Scott, president of the Scott Manu-
featuring Company. In 1867 he procured
from New Orleans one ton of the cake,
which he found on analysis to contain
higher per cent of ammonia than rape
cake. He had this broken and ground
and mixed with wood ashes. Col. Scott
SAYS Of this first experiment that 1t gave
marked results. So we'll satisfied was he
that later on he bought 800 tons, and at
this time probably uses 5000 tons annu-
ally in the manufacture Of his favorite
brands of fertilizers.
Major E. Willis, Of Charleston, an au-
thority on fertilizers, says that in 1868 the
Wando Company, Of that city, used castor
pomice and other am moniates, but finally
introduced cotton seed meal with the
most satisfactory results. At this time 1t
ia used by all the Charleston companies:
In the New England States cotton seed
at the rate Of 1000 to $500 pounds per
acre. In the South it is used under corn, (,
cotton and other crops. frequently it Is
composted with acid phosphate, and this
mixture ranks in value with the best
Grades of commercial fertilizers. Its use
for the same purpose Is increasing In all
the States of this section. In England
the meal Is first fed to the stock, as it's
price is considered too high for fertili-
Zer.
Sir John Lawes is quoted as saying
"Surprise is often expressed at the much
higher prices which the English farmer
paws for linseed and cotton cake or m cal
as compared with corn, but the reason is
found in the much higher manurial value
of the meal" He also states that "the
most economical use of the meal is to
feed it first as very small amount Of the
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash has
been consumed by the animal;" :" and his
experiments show that ton OF meal, be-
fore being fed, was worth $S1.53, and the
same elements in the manure were worth
S30.6O, or within ninety-three cents Of Its
original value.
Previous to the establishment Of oil
mills and the discovery of the agricul-
tural value of the meal, the farmers, In
some sections Of the South used the cot
ton seed to restore the fertility OF the soil.
These were first heated to avoid germ1na-
ton, or composted with acid, but In recent
years seed has sold at price that made
Il more profitable to sell the seed and buy
meal, which furnishes the amounts In
much more available form.
A recent issue of the Chattanooga
ILadesnsan gives the fertilizing materials
In the whole cotton seed as follows:
Nitrogen, 3.O7 per cent; phosphoric acid,
.O2 Der cent potash, LII per cent, and
estimates the commercial value at $3.50.
This is less than the farmers have received
for their seed from the oil mills; conse.
ouently, as q rule, 1t is only on farms In
accessible to railroads where seeds are
used as fertilizers.
The increased consumption Of fertilizers
carries with it a larger demand for meal,
but the demand for it as feed stuff is
also largely increasing every year, and
when the farmers in this country appre-
ciate its value, as the English farmers do,
its price will probably put 1t beyond the
reach of the manufacturers. At this time
the fertilizer companies located at Atlanta
are using from $4,000 to $1,000 tons an
nually, and the oil mills here are selling
nearly one-third of the meal they produce
to cattle and dairymen.
It Twill be seen from the foregoing that
cotton seed meal has played an Important
part in the development Of the fertilizer
industry and its use with the hulls for
feeding purposes promises great results
to the South in few years.
Henry Grady said: "What royal
plant Is cotton-rightly called King. The
world waits at attendance on its growth;
the showers that fall whispering on it's
leaves are heard around the earth the
sun that shines on it is tempered by the
prayers of all people; the frost that chllls
It and the dew that descends from the
stars ia noted, and the trespass OF little
worm on Its green leafis more to England
than the advance of the Russian on her
Asiatic outposts; 1t is gold from the time
it puts forth its tiny shoot its fibre Is
seen on every bank, and when, loosing
its tleeces to the sun, 1t floats its snowy
banner that glorifies the field Of the hum
BILE farmer; and man is marshalled under
q flag that will compel allegiance from
the world and wiring subsidy from
eyery nation on earth. ."-L. 4. Ransom,
"a, fbe american Fertilizer.