Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
GREEN AND YELLOW.
SCOT THAT ABoUNos IN A
COTTON SEED OIL MILL.
visit 10 a Mili at work-interestiag
sights Among the Machinery That
Makes the oil aud the Cotton Seed
Meal for EeFtilizlng.

duh, gray cOmpactness, as high as the
upper story Of the mill, its broken out
| lines closely resembling the jagged
surface OF an enormous elf, gives
evidence Of the work that Is carried on
within the big building. We pause
/ in the shadow Of this imitation
| mountain to take peep into the
| huge furnace near BY which
supplies heat for the various ma
chimes that aro painting and blow
ing and whirring with never
ceasing energy all day and every day
and sometimes far into the night.
The interior Of the furnace where
/ fierce flames strive for ascendency and
writhe about each other in the red
glare, suggests a scene from Dante's
Inferno or the fiery furnace alluded 10
in scripture. The giant presses stand
| dripping with oil in the middle OF the
lower floor OF the mill, says tho
Philadelphia Times their huge clamps.
ever pressing the cooked seed con
tided to them into corporate mass,
aro black and shiny with the rich sub
stance exudlng from them. All the
/ wOrkmen are costumed alike, how.
ever different their clothing may 81
Ia reality. In the greenish fllmlness
thar settles Ia flakes over every object
i touches, Their black faces shine
out ia becoming contrast 10 their odd
surroundings
The first thing that II done 10 the
seed brought In from the country l. IL
relieve ID % any foreign substance
that may b. found lurking among Il.
II u said that many queer bits 81 mat,
ter are found, matter that Mother this
cotton plant nor this cotton gin arr
likely 10 produce objects thar aid
much more 10 the weight " thy seed
bought than - the buyers opinion ID
the honesty 81 the SELLER found 10
commonly that an OgurhAuting ana e8-
animation * eOu.lgnmputs - ,etd tt
now q regular Institution az the mills.
The next thing u u subjrel lhr srrd
70 description 81 gin more dlscrtnI.
mating even than the delicate saws
that have 80 recengly freed Ii from she
tibrous substance III which Ii vas in.
bedded. a cotton seed. after h has
passed through the ordinary procgss ID
separating u from the lint, appears u
b. as clean and denudcd n ali parti.
cles u cotton a. h we'll could -. but
the amount ~ lint obtained from h
at the oil mill amounts 10 d large
number Of bales. showing how TIL.
vial quantities, patiently arrunu.
lated. will aggregate an important
store. The lint or cotton rtibt.,d from
the seeds Ia this way l. shipped on ID
b. made into carpets aud ths c6ar.er
kinds u cotton goods After the la,
= removed the secd a hulJsd. tho
hulls, alternatad with other foods. d..
ing given 20 cattle. many farmers
selling their seed with the pruvis1 that
tho hulla arr % b. returned 10 thgm
Having been cleaned and ginuNd ANA
skinned. or hullcd. tho germ 81 IN,
seed 4 ready for the cooking prors.a
which process must b. conducted with
the expericnc. and Judgment necessary \
~ al successful cooking After balng =.
cooked tho proper length ~ ttmr ,hg \
mass y placed in the peculiar fnhfhina
before alluded to. which s.nArat.. 4
every drop oi fatty substance i-orp
the rest ~ the seed. and this residue Il Z
left IN square, Hat cnkoa. hard br1Tn "
and dry, which. ia their turn must Il, .
ground into the cotton.acod msal. ~ 4
valuable a. . food FOR stock ana also
fertilizer Tor crops,
Out IN an adjoining apartment. 1
though not under tho same roof "A tho
machinery stand The huge vat. ~
tanks into which the oil il emp,isJ
ready for transportation on the rail.
way Just At tho door II Il estimated
that ono hundred pounds of aosd viii
yield three POUNDS 81 lint cotton, and /
that q ton 81 seed will give thirty yal.
Ions Of clear, pure oil and three IN a.
inferior quality. Tho OH mills bav,
made for the Southern farmer. ro,,
avenue Of profit. but they arr n dnub,.
ful blessing, inasmuch "a tho yaI,,. -
the seed as fertilizer Il witbdr,,,.,,
from the soil. the maiortty ~ nv
smaller farmers selling their aasd
when the opportunity Offer. and ~,
troubling themselves - 4lpply M
place or got back either Tho mcal ~
inc hulls. Cotton seed In former
times. when considered useleaa for an,
other purpose, was always usod "a l
fertilizer for corn with tho bcst -.
suits, and now that element Il win.
drawn and some Of tho corn crona a.,
proportionatoly poor. MANY farmers
claim that tho constant use Of Inc CO...
ton seed restored to the land much
that was taken away from ii. whereas
the fertilizing phosphates now ~
much in use. while they produce inn.
mense yields, exhaust the land an
which such abundant crops aro made
When the mill above mentioned waa
hrst In operation for two or tbrcs
seasons :, agents had 70 20 about among
tne farmers out in tho interior countrv
soliciting their seed and repre.enting
ue advantage It would be 10 the own.
CT 70 first have the oil extracted and
then use the hull for food. A great
many old-fashioned farmers would not
take to the idea even then. but clane
W tho traditions Of their forefathers,
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