The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04
THE COTTON SEED INDUSTRY.
Tho Many Uses OF Tho Hulls.

The magnificent opportunities "hci
exist ut the South for making and build
inu of homes by immigrants, for th'
profitable investment of capital and tho
practical application Of tie arts an'
sciences are now SO we'll known to read
ing and ol,servant men that it IS almost
a waiste of time to call attention t.
detailed conditions III the South.
If any one is Skeptical on the subject
I'm need ONLY look ut the small pOpula
ton DER square mile, the fertility CT the
lands, the climate. the small cost OF
living ard the numerous natural al,
vantages and resources of the South tc
$40 that a condition must ncctsSar
s,ist there more favorable for comtortt-
ble living for the frugal aud industrious
poor, for accumulation of wealth for the
Intelligent small capitalist and for the
doubling of the fortunes for those
already wealthy, than amy other part OF
the United States today.
Instead of dealing, therefore, with the
general subject, wish to give pract ctcal
Illustration Gf the one of the lines of
future development of the South which
is Enthusiastically Southern and with
which happen to I've very familiar from
d long business connection.
In short, wish to point out wherc Il
practically inexEaustalc source of
wealth exists in Il product of which the
general public outside the South knows
almost nothing. | alude to what is
familiarly known in the South by the
name Of cottonsecd hnlls. The name
itself belittles the character and valuc of
the product to such an extent that one
is almost tempted to turn away from it
in disappointment without investigation
Oh simply hearing it mentioned.
:.lIulls" is II term we associate i'll our
minds with husks or the outer covering
ef some valuable nut, fruit or grain,
which serves the purpose nature intended
it for, of protesting and preserving the
kernel, but which vi itself, for i'll pur-
noses Cf commerce, is worthless.
\ While such in part is the definition
such il not the Character Of cotton
seed hulls.' 1t bears more relation of
bran to wheat than of hu%k to kernel,
but even this descriptions is MOI adequate,
bor the hull Of the cotton seed, both in
weight and value, bears n much more
important relation to the kernel of the
seed than bran does to wheat.
The hull comprises 81 tQ ?,l per cent.
of the weight Of the seed. As turned
out by the oil mill, this article consists
Of little capsules, more or les byoi;rD w.
Of which the outer o. s:,.!,,tN part co:l-
gist Of a closely adhearcd short fiber, com
prisinS about 25 to So Is per cent. of
the weight; and tho inn": or GH:w,vr
part Of a tough, GaYh irown shell of
Ipuciaginous matter resembling the
covering OF apple seeds. This is not
quite AL, for the fiber covered and
broken capsules e,'rtNv" "nd retain,
during the oil mill process of hnlling and
separation, however well performed Il
portion of the kernel in Il finely divided
state. The proportion Of the kcrnal
thus caught, and forming Il real portion
of the hullS us marketed varies from L.,
to ) pcIccnt. and il; rich in oil and nitro
gcnOus matter.
In the dry. lCO"c and somewhat mat
tel condition in Whci, the huil% are