The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-30
OUR GREAT STAPLE
Valuable By-Products Of Cotton.
Scientific American.

~ oo,,on has given the Southern
." Slight hope for better times
while the prospects of another
& ,,' ,,.,. crop keep prices down, and affect
-, ,l,ntcr> dsastrpusly, science is
- ;;,s iahnrng to widen the field of
nnp,iori and to create new indus
IA. will utilize all OF the hy-pro-
.,rtl.rcrop. The achievements in
;,..N.n have been so noteworthy
III, HAT one is led TO place
KILL I, o'i,Icncc in the promises
Atnc BY the single dis
lhc value of the cotton seed
.iuring oil aud cotton seed
- ..a., ten TO fifteen million dol
v~r. ...4ed to the receipts of the
..,. cetton crop. Now that an
81 o,m,., industry has been built up
.I,rmanenlly established for con
.,,in,,l.c cotton seed into oil, the
,,..,ou If utilizing other parts of the
.,,,u plant for commercial purposes
81 !. come rapidly to the front.
8 or.naiy the lint was considered
h. oulv valuable part of the cotton
So ,on and the seeds, the stalks, the
u ants and hulls we're either burned on
/. land or turned under the soil by
H. pIcw to increase the fertility of
,she land. 1t was supposed that the
9 I0uon drew so much fertility from the
all tba, it would soon rob it Of ali
.tnser for plant production and in
;ne make it worthless. Scientific
81 INVESTIGATIONS and analysis Of the soil
have Demonstrated, however, that, of
lll the staple crops, cotton imposes
& lbe slightest drain upon the land. By
s5pplying special fertilizers, all of the
El,op can be removed year after year
bthout materially injuring the soil.
#Ibus cotton has been raised on the
lame plantations for over half CEN
slorv. and the land to day is almost as
sAertile as when the virgin soil was
'zyt broken with the cid wooden plow.
81 This demonstration has led to i'm
5oran! results After the cotton
i Iced. the cotton-sced hulls were
elected for scientific investigation.
S3He hulls Of cotton crop constitute
bout half the weight Of the ginned
esd. These hulls are hard, dry, and
y )pparcntly useless, and they are COW
y ..d With fuzzy lint that fnrthe. de-
Ssets from their appearance. In fact,
3Dl very recently they had no prac-
6.al value, and they were disposed Of
various ways by different planters.
SShe majority returned them to the
oil to help fertilize it; but analysis
hovcd that their constituent ele-
s1hens did not enrich the land to any
3aheat extent.
& But as substitutes for hay the cot
eFl-sced hulls are of incalculablc value.
55eretciorc the hulls have been used
!ssy q good many Of tho cotton seed
4lils for fuel, and as fuel they are
forth about 50 cents to 80 cents per
sslpn; but as animal food they are worth
IN more. Experiments were first
pace 4 few years ago in the vicinitics
81 the oil manufacturing ccntcrs, such
II Memphis, New Orleans, Houston,
$3l'tle Rock, Raleigh, end Atlanta.
q was found that when mixed with
Pndenscd foods the hulls were readily
pten by the animals, and that they
3ere OF great value in helping &c di
Eg5ssi aud assimilatc bran, cracked corn,
fd meal. Moreover, it was proved
~ a succession Of feeding tests that
q per cent Of the protein Of the hnlls
sas Il cIges'lblc. SO per cent Of the
Pc 10 i cent Of the nitrogen ex-
|3ae', ana {! per cent Of the fat. The
MS are light and bulky, but other
s3se they make Il good substitute for
aqy III the South, where grass crops
vc always been notoriously small
u 'aicrior. The hulls arc balcd or
Iesstd into sacks, and in this gon-
ION they keep for long time.
hen packed away in bulk, like hay,
a3ey iermcnt and heat.
Now that the cotton seeds and hulls
f'lns been pro6tably disposed of,
stems of the plants have attracted
81 3'entlou, and already they have been
seessfully utilized. As q by-pro-
s' OF the cotton crop, the stems
.%lsc " to prove as important as the
ss The plants OF the cotton crop
'e long ranked in che South as a
'''e animal food, about equal to the
ne quantity Of rye, wheat, or cat
81 After the crop was harvested
e animals were generally turned
n on the land, and they would eat
s'ubole in places and grind some