The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-11-26
THE COTTON SEED INDUSTRY.
THE MANY USES OF TIE HULLS.
An Illustration OF What tho Sout h
Can Do-Tbc Advantages offered

An Illustration OF What tho South
Can Do-Tbc Advantages Offered |
by this Section to Immigrants.
Edwin l.. Johnson in Scientific American
The magnificent opportunities which |
exist at tho South for making and |
building of homes by immigrants for
the profitable Investment of capital aud
the practical application OF the arts
and sciences are now SO well known tr
reading and obsorvant mon that It is
almost Il waste Of time to call alton
tion to detailed conditions in the
South.
If any one is skeptical on the subject
he need only look at the small popula-
tion per square mile, the fertility of
the lands, the climate, the small cost
OF living and the numerous natural
advantages and resources Of the South
to see that a condition must necessarily
exist there more favorable for COM
Portable living for the frugal and in
dustrlous poor, for accumulation Of
wealth for the intelligent small capi-
talist and for the doubling of fortunes
for those already wealthy than in any
other part of the United States to-
day.
Instead of dealing. therefore. with
the general subject, | wish to give q
practical illustration Of one OF the lines
OF 1uturc development Of the South
which is characteristically Southern
and with which l happen to be very
familiar from @ long business connec-
tion.
In short, wish TO poipt out whero
practically inexhaustible source OF
wealth exists in !. product of which
tho general public outside the South
knows almost nothing. | allude to
what Is faniliarly known in the South
by the name Of cottonseed hulls. The
name itself belittlcs the character and
value OF The product to such an extent
that one is almost tempted to turn
away from 1t in disappointment with
out investigation on simply hearing it
mentioned.
Hulis Is term we associate in
our minds with husks on the outer
covering OF some valuable nut, fruit or
grain, which serves tho purpose nature
intended it for, Of protecting and pre-
serving the kernel, but which in
itself, ior all purposes Of commerce, is
worthless.
While such in part is the dctini-
tiOn, such is not the character Of "cOt-
ton seed huils." 1t bears moro the re-
lation OF bran to wheat than OF husk
to kernel, but even this description is
not adequate, for tho bull of the cotton
seed, both In weight aud value, bears
much moro important relation to
the kernel Of the seed than bran does
to wheat.
The hull comprises - to 80 per cent.
OF the weight Ct the seed. AS turned
out by the oil mills, this article consists
OF little capsules, more or less broken
up, OF which the outer or convex part
~. si.f.. ff nl<
hber, comprising about 25 to 33 I-3 per
cent. of the weight : and the inner or
concave part OF tough. dark brown
shell OF mucilaginOus matter rcsemb-
ling the covering of apple seeds. This
ls not quite all, for tho fbcr-covered
and broken c~psules capture and re-
tain, during the oil mill process OF
hul!lng and separation, however we'll
perforincd. u portion Of the kernels in
a finely divided state. The propor-
tion OF tho kernel thus caught, and
forming D rcal portion of tho hulls as
marketed VAries from | l-2 to ) per
cent. and is rich in oil and heterogeneous
matter.
In the dry, loose and somewhat mat
ted condition in which the hulls are
usually seen they present very un-
promising appearance, but years OF
experience have demonstrated con-
ciusivcly that they form perfect and
entire feed for cattle. 1t is only for
the purpose Of rapidly fattcDing cattle
that other more highly concentrated
fccdstutfs, generally cotton seed meal.
arc added 10 the bulls.
Ihcrc are now annually "crushcd
IN the oil mills of the South abOut
l,5O0,OO tons OF cotton seed, giving q
product Of hulis Of about 675 900 TO
100000 tons. There are annually
grown and passed through power gins.
TO- obtain the 100000 to 10000 600
oales OF cotton which are annually
marketed, an additional quantity Of
2,nD0, O0o TO $500, Coo tons Of cotton seed
Whlch are not rs yet hauled out to tho |
on m'lls, which arc generally located |
~ some distance from the gins and |
plantations. e' ''''"
ino TOTAL seed crop 10 by weight
af, "m'ce It's great Is the cotton CROP. II
wois" .nes" seed were manufactured tho |
snoaR,l1 Oh thc hulIs might be taken. |
woinii."s roaghly, as equivalent to the !
5O0.nnnoi W ING cotton, or il put uD into
to IA 6T3,1 90 aes nales lihe cotton, as 8. 600 COO
ou'tT;Vo'ooo bales Of huils tie snmo
gives ~ as the cotton crop. This
this usnf,', present productive limit ~
cnn,o Iee'ui article and mnkes l. nnntt' ~
ond 'lin h,,,, thht, with such n Iaroap r 10y 10y
"bia W.. ~ supply not now worl,ed u oo1u
NV |o'" @ as nov mills are openca ~ "snii @
need he o. %usaace In tho price Of hnl1s
nnnrnmii,,i "i, as already stated, to tho;c
mnfnrtS "nfprot,n1slhS looking appearance' 'a",1 amd
ntto. Vun"Oe name, Tor long yeara nv
"''o'"p' was made to dispose Of tho 2