The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
RALEIGH, NC. TUESDAY. OCTOBER is, ts
"Oueen COttOnseed."

MI Edward l.. Johnson of Fort Hill
> G.. as the herald of Queen Cotton
SEED, IS publishing some pamphlets
winch ou@ft to have the attention OF
planters and others throughout the State.
He is firmly convinced that the monarch
whose praises he sings is really more
beneficent and powerful than King Cot
ton, and that public Acknowledgement Of
the fact viii have TO be made one Of
these days. At present, however Queen
Cottonseed' IS sadly neglected And this
neglect Mr.. Johnson characterizes as the
crime Of 1900"
His COMPLAINT IS that the seed Of the
cotton plant, which lis intrinsically more
valuable, according to chemical analysis
as food product, pound for pound than
wheat, IS largely treated as a waste
product. This richest and best animal
food in agriculture" is composted with
other materials, buried in the ground and
made to do the work of fish scrap and
ammoniated oefal of all descriptions in
furnishing plant food for the growing of
more cotton. while stunted hungry,
| half starved cattle roam the denuded
| fields IL search of food. In short, that
| which would make cattle sleek fat and
valuable, the seed OF the cotton has been
| used as q fertilizer. when only an infin- :
| lteSlmal proportion of its real value can
| be secured in that manner Eve talk
! about the Crime of '73" says Mr. John
! son, I'VE get up on hind legs and howl
| for free silver; we shed tears of pity for
! the insurrecto Fihoinos; illuminate
/ against trusts: we rack brains tC
raise more cotton than the world wants
| and yet we never give five minutes
! thought from years end to years end tc
! the cOttonseed a primary agricultural
| product, although it stands ready if given
| half a show, to pour into the lap of the
! South S2G0, GEO 900 year.
| 1t IS M. Johnson's opinion that the
| cotton fleece should be the by-product OF
the plant; that the greater value is tc
| be found in the seed There is more
! money in cottonseed, he says, than il
| cotton, corn wheat. And he be
| iieves that if farmers could Just be
brought to the point of seeing all the
! good qualities of the seeds and their pro
ducts, it would not be many years before
they would be raising cotton for the seet
.'and thanking the Lord that the cottor
| brought enough to pay for picking
the seeds and raising the crop" Mr.
Johnson thinks there would be no diff
| Guilty in making the seed of each pount
| of cotton raised il the South worth fOu
TO four and half cents, or approximateI.
a total Of $500 600, 600 for an average crop
Not enough attention, Mr.. Johnson says
has heretofore been paid to the possibil
tiles of the cottonseed. 1t is only within
| the recent past that any use has beer
made OF the seed at all, except in th'
home manufacture of fertilizers Now
great business in cotton oil has been bull
up, and people are slowly learning tn
value Of the meal as cattle and stool
food. But the Federal Department Of Ag
! riculture has never taken up the cotton
seed and studied it according to its de
serts, nor have the farmers nor the chem
lists nor the manufacturers given it The
thoughtful study which it's merits war
rant Mr. Johnson hopes by means OF hi
pamphlet to awaken interest in the mat
ter and to enlist a great army of worker
under the banner Of Queen COttOnseed.