The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-12-04

fortunate name, for long years no a
tempt was made to dispose of the hull
commercially; and until about ten ycar
ago, when the experiment was made q
feeding them to cattle, they were literal
ly thrown away OIL burned for fuel ut TIN
mills.
This article has had the hardest kin,
of ii 5ht against ignorance and prcu
dice TO find its way into profitable con
Sumption; but such intrinsic merit ha
it that to-day out of 300 OF more o;
mills III the South, do not know of :
single one that is burning its huliS. !,
considerable supply of crude potash, il
which the hulls are rich, was taken ava,
when these ashes We're no longer obtain
able.
In many states, particularly Texas
many thousand. head Of cattle are an.
nually led, and with the addition of cot
ton seed meal are fattencd upon cotton
seed hullS. Much of the Chicago dress
ed beef shipped al over the country in
refrigerator cars is simply concentrated
cotton seed llulls, The price ut which
| hulls sell is far below their intrinsic
value us Il feed stuff and varies from
800 to 81 per ton 1T the mills, though
aS high ao $40 per ton has been paid for
it i'll some cases when the demand uneX-
pcctelly exceeded the supply, when the
mills were not running, and this is about
its real value. | believe that every dairy
in or about the cities, like Memphis. At
lanta or New Orleans, is now feeding its
mich cows on cotton seed lullS.
Competent chemists figure that 81 per
cent. of the value of the hullS is avala-
able for fertilizer after being used for
feed. IlullS are little known or used
outside the South, but there is Il ncw en-
terprise at Memphis, the tennessee FL
Der Company, working under letters
patent, that is successfully taking the
hulls from the oil mills ana concentrating
in more suitable form for shipman', til,
nutritious portion of the hulls, which is
termed cotton seel hran," apl sepaT,-
ting the lint for use of paper makers anl
packers, which Is tu.nad ,,,
compressed ho', ho.s " ''"''''
lia|ing now shown what cotton seal
hulls really are their value, t,or great
actual and numerous possible produc-
lioll, we are prepared to consider the
merits OF this article as Il wealth producer.
III VIII first lie necessary To SAY some
thing i'll regarrt to the location oi the
coiton nil mills. Though some of the
large cities, like Memphis, Atlanta,
Houston and New Orleans, have more
than on" mill each, they are, a> rillc,
N,lN' widely distributed over the SoulhrrA
states and generally in the towns which
vary in population hum 300 up. The
avcraS" lnicr 1T which cotton seed huilS
<r,n bc obtained ut the mills is ahout
SI.25 Per ton. Their intrinsic value as
feeding stuff is Nhout SO, says -. Tn.
average freight from the South 10 the
States is about s. per ton l.. coul
hardly be possible, therefore, un!cS,
underrxceptioial circ;m stances, to Use
cotton seed hullS in their ordinary form
outside the South.
From tn" fact that the oil mills arc
located in the towns and cities. AMI that
tie lands near them have lWcn cultivated
longer and more closely than those ;,t II
distance, thus hcng more in need u.
fertilizers. it is evident that Tie, most
profitable Use to hr mad" ui the huliS is
by farmers or a;p,.n rliS,IS ON the land;
nGai lhr oil mills, \ farmer. th"rcfura.
located on land which needs lrrt!liHug.
near an oil mill who also raises cattle
or keeps Il dairy, and who has Il market
ready to his hand for his farm FRO lursS,
is prepared to make IN astonishing profit
upon this article.
Estimating the cost of freighting to
the farm ut - cents per ton. the average
cost of the hullS at the mills at So per
ton, and the intrinsic value OF the hu!iS
tiliZcrs ~ only s. per ton, The farmer
will make priltit OF 81 per ton on every
ton of hullS he consumes. If we add tn
this 80 per ccut. Of the intrinsic value,
which percentage the chr!aiS; allows for
it after fccdiu., hr wuU!d have Sll per