The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-11-12


tn ring value 80 $50 pounds OF cotton
SEED meal: This estimate takes no
OF the superior mechanical
condision oi the meal, nor its greater
concentration, wbic 4, ~iHyolvs less labpr
an hauling, mixing, ETC., and n
promptness of action when applied to
tile soil as o fertilizer. The calcuIa-
ton Is based solely on the cout.nts az
lertillzlng elements in the seed and
meal respectively, as shown by many
analyses. The advantages OF this
superior mechanical condition and
concentration are certainly worth
something tu tue farmer. In addition
To these advantages tue cotton seed
meal Is In better condition for feeding
10 mlich COWS and other cattle. Sup
pose we grant that these advantages
are together equivalent TO 10 per cent.
oil the value OF the meal. Then deduct
i0 per cent. from $50 and we have $50
less oo-192 pounds of meal az the app
proxlmate fertilizing equivalent of one
ton cotton seed. In round numbers
We VIII call 1t 800 pounds. Then we
nave oOO sounds of meal, equivalent,
10 2,OOO pounds, or one ton, of cotton
Seed, the exchange to be made without
expense oil hauling to the farmer. 1t
seems then quite clear that a farmer
can not afford to exchange one ton of
cott0p seed for less than 800 pounds of
meal, iree Of the expense of hauling.
With these simple data it should be In
the power OF any farmer to decide for
himself whether a given offer would
% reasonable or profitable for him.
Valulng cotton seed meal at $40 per
ton, the farmer would have O margin
OF 81 to cover hauling expenses when
the mill man offers him 1000 pounds
OIL meal for n ton of seed. How far
can he afford to haul one ton OF seed
toward the mill and 1000 pounds of
meal 20 his farm. We learn that some
OF the mills are offering just the ex-
change above suggested, viz, 1000
ton Of seed, the mill to pay railroad
freight on the seed and the farmer the
freight on the meal.
we understand that the mills at
present prefer TO buy the seed for the
cash and store away the meal for flu
tnre consideration land higher prices).
We have heard that the oil mill COM
bine has adopted s. per ton as the
maximum price to be paid for seed
until further orders and we have not
heard Of higher offers than 30 cents
per hundred pounds, or So per ton.
But we have previously shown that for
AhB poi poooo COGGOu bc0u arc
worth. 81 cents per hundred pounds, or
$ll.4O per ton. 1t is manifest, there
fore, that 81, nor oven 81, Is a fair
cash price for q ton OF cotton seed.
Now, II the oil mill will make a cor
responding reduction in the price OF
meal, and the farmer shall avail him
SELF OF the same ut once, no harm will
be done. 1t makes little difference
how small the price offered for cotton
seed II the farmer q get the meal at
u corresponding price. AT So per ton
for cotton seed the farmer should not
be required to pay more than SIS per
ton Tor meal-the mill paying for haul
ing and delivery both ways.
But should not the farmer receive
some part of the value of the oil tina
is expressed from the seed and sold
Certainly we would say, unless it be-
true that the expenses Of the mil
plant, the operating expenses and Tho
exigencics and uncertainties of Jh.
, trade-to which should be added
fair per centage for profit Ia capital In
vcsted-shall require the full value o
the oil extracted and the value of the
, remaining by-products-the hulls ant
l%intcrs. We learn that one ton of scet
yields the following products
pound
Ci'............33 gallons or 25O pound
hulis pound
.inters. 20 pound
The 53 gallons of oil at 7c.......$ 80
The 97S pounds of hulls at S3 per
Ton. la
The 20 pounds OF linters at &c. per
pound q
, Total, exclusive OF the meal. $7.6
IL the mill man gives the farmer 80
pounds Of meal for one ton Of cottoI
seed (only 80 pounds more than tn
4 ton of annl nnntninnA In nIil a..--