Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-23

| for using the hulls and meal, and on
the railroad for convenience in weigh
ing and shipping.
This whole plant, with all Of its
branches, can be under one manage
ment. One good business man, with
plenty Of common sense, tact and good
judgment can manage the whole thing
by selecting a good superintendent for
each department., say one each for the
cotton mill, the oil mill and the farm;
these three, with good foremen, could
carry on the business all right.
The superintendent Of the cotton mill
would be busy the year round. The OIL
mill superintendent would be busy in
the fall and winter with the oil produc-
ton and meal and the rest Of the year
he could mix fertilizers and assist else
where.
The farm superintendent would, Of
course be busy the year throughout
with his crops in the spring, summer
and fall, and in the winter fattening
his cattle, numbering say anywhere
from 1000 to 5000. The ginning could
be done by a practical man, able to
help about the farm when the ginnery
was not running.
The labor could be shifted as work
and season required. In this way a
good force Of men could be kept on
hand all the time, and with the addi-
tion of a few extra men in very busy
seasons the work would go smoothly
along with the same force.
Raw cotton, cottonseed and beef cat
tie, phosphoric acid and potash would
be the only material bought. Finish
ed cotton products, cottonseed oil, cot
tonseed meal and fat beef cattle would
be sold. All Of these purchases would
be made from the surrounding country.
except the acid phosphate and potash,
and these would be bought in carload
lots and at wholesale prices.
The sales would be to the world on
the cotton goods and Oil. The meal,
hulls and fertilizer would be sold to
the stockholders and country patrons,
and when desirable these products
could be shipped in carload lots to out
siders. The beef could be shipped in
carload lots to the large cities. After
reputation was established in this
line buyers would gladly come and pur-
chase the cattle on the side track, thus
avoiding the uncertain prices Of ship
ping. A cold-storage plant could very
easily be added, as the oil mill will not
run in the spring and summer and ear
ly fall, and a refrigerating plant could
then be run, and refrigerated beef
could be shipped to all nearby towns.
The farm could be divided up into
four fields, and these planted in four
year rotation Of first year cotton, Sec
ond year oats, followed by peas, third
year corn and peas, fourth year grasses
sowed in the fall after the corn has
been cut for stover. This rotation. Of
course, could be varied to suit the cli-
mate, soil and location.
The idea Is simply this-the company
Of farmers would buy only raw mate
rial, mostly from themselves, and sell
finished products altogether. Of course
it is we'll known that whoever sells the
finished material is the one that makes
the money.
Not only would the factory part of
the business pay, but the farm would
soon double or thribble in production.
The oil mill certainly would pay them,
as they would buy their own seed and
sell meal and hulls to themselves.
They would make the profits Of the fer
tilizer manufacturers, as they would
do their own mixing and sell fertilizer
to themselves. Thus the profits Of al
middlemen and drummers would be
eliminated.
The more cotton they made the more
they would have to sell at finished
prices, and the more meal and hulls
they would have to use as feed. They
could fatten that much more beef and
have that much more manure to use
on the farm, in addition to the sales of
beef. More forage crops could be
grown, and the land could be more
thoroughly renovated.
With the exception Of the cotton mill,
the capital invested would largely be