The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-25
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why cotton may still be: raised at the
low price which obtains need be no grelt
mystery The plant has not been fully
developesi for lis stalks are not being made
into hagging. FOR which 1t Ia most admira-
bly, suited. nor have all the uses for It's
seed been discovered. 1t is to be believed.
But especially ia the use of the seed a
noteworthy factor In the lowering Of prices
because 1t enables the farmer TO keep on
raising cotton and to get as nirch as he
formerly did when he sold only the lint
Truth to tell. the seed has become such a
factor In commerce that the lint may be-
fore many years become secondary con-
sideration.
Not many years ago cotton seed was
horned as worthless and burdensome. Now
various of It's products have great IN
fluence in Western industries.
When the cotton Is sent from the fields
to the gins to be balei the seed Is card d
from 1t and thrown to one side. The seed
is about as large as pill, is black and Is
covered with lint from the cotton boil from
WHICH 1t has been taken. 1t is shoyel-d
into mill and Is what Is known as de-
Tinted, that is. the shreds OF cotton hang
ing to it are scraped eff.
The rext process is to remove the hulls
or shells which incase the seeds. This
Is known as decortication. The hulled
seeds are then steamed ineo softness. The
seeds OF the cotton ara rs ye,lJ8 as sll-
iron or mustard, and contain d large per-
cantage of o4l,
The large cotton seed Is three to Ave
oelled capsule, which contains light to ten
sucalier seeOs 1hs average yield OF an
acre Is 500 pounds OF seed A ton OF seed
YIELDS about 10 gsi1 IONS OF OIL
Tue S,gamei SEES ae but into smaid
coarsu bags, and these are eaoh Intro uca1
Into o separate receptacle in a powerful
steam OF hydraulic press. TIE pJWer Is
applied gs15u,lly and uhe Gil flows oar in
steady streams and drains Into tanks.
When all the oil has been EXPRESSED the
bag contains a hard dry cake The bag
are Stripped from the cakes and the cakes
are put into mil and K ouid IN n al .
The huils are burHv, In the furnaces OF the
mill or are used for Tough feeding" for
eaitle. Tbs ashes 60 10 make fer ilzer.
Thus nothing is wasted in the molern ,ot-
tom seed mill.
The uses of cotton seed oil are very
many. but 1t was not until 1880 that lbs
Importance as an ariole of commerce be-
eame apparent. Then''lts expectation be-
gan 10 l,aAy and France in casks and eamo
back to America In tasks as olive oil. SO
large was this use Of Gp,lon seld oil In
Italy mat the government placel aeayy
duty on IL because tle adui.c' ~ ION was
injuring the reputation OF uae Italian OIL OF
olives In torsfsn markets. Al this time the
exon auon Of oil TO Europe WAS the chef
outlet icr il. and the dlapl,s having de-
aT1l aaht nj huI IN no N m A
for 1t.
The cake, as 1t com 8 ( ON tie mi l., Is
about two feet long, foo. W de AMI on
inch thick. and is as hard as wool 1t Is
a diffclst mater 70 pfspar5 thiS for iced
Ing, but II rs ground N mills .nto slna,
Jumps and Is fed TO Yhe cat lie with Cry
corn. Most We-tera oaut feelers prefer
to buy the m mid g,tlu Il wlile yet
soft. at an add!tionf. cost of 81 a ton. TAe
cake Is exporei TO Great britaln, Germany
France. Russia. Hoshni and Belgium,
whore vast quantities OF 1t are fed to cat
tie.
As a fertilizer that produced by feeling
cotton seed to cattle Is probably the m1st
VARIABLE that can be produced. The hull,
when buried, Is rgch Is potash and tht
heterogeneous matter In the me | maGos he
Land rich. In England II Is considered "a
valuable thaI farm tenants recslye pre-
miulu from feeling cotton seed meal ia
their cattle. This premium is on n sliding
scale.
When the tenants lease expires he Is al
lowed so mnrch for the ser5liaer put into
the ground tlrlng the last year OF his
tenancy; n certain sum fer the year befory
and something for the third yead back, !
being eyhleD,, that the fertilizer Is st u
potent after three years Th're the Gait {
are fed the coarse cake. In winch the eaf
are not deco ticated but ground whole
and the fertilizer contains, therefore, botf
potash and nitrogen.
A short while ago Scientific Americas
took up this subjec, and the results are
10, forih in the following carefully writ
ten article:
The question OF opening up the market:
OF Jalan aai .he }sr East for our 20 OF
has given the Southern growers a slgAi
hope Tor better lnleg. but While he D. os-
peoss OF 'Waouher lnrge crop Keep pr o
down and aiIecl the planters dla1s rously
science is steadily abori " 10 wild u
field OF consumption and 20 create new
ioSsustiies tina viii utilize all o. tie b.
products OF the crop. The achievements In
this diresttpn have BEEN 81 noteworthy IN
the past that one s led to place imp lcil
consitspce in the pro,niees for the ~ sre
BY the single discovery Of the value o.
the cotton seei for manlfs-tur,nr o ,md
cotton seed meal some sN.00o,000 or So
900 900 was added to the receipts OF the
annual cotton crop Now that AN eno--
NOUS Industry has heen built up and per-
60 tim seed into oil, the qufst.on OF ut!liy-
Ing other parts of tte not,on pla.rt ~
commeraRl purposes las come iiapidy ia
th< front
frlr'rsriv inc lsr' was cons'sereA the
oniy vilhatlf mar y ere cotton crop. ind
lhe seeds me ss'kT Nc rrois and hris