Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-09-24

cally demonstrat ted, sustained by pras-
tical tests that the droppings from cat
tie fed on cotton seed meal is equal in
feeding value to the meal itself applied
directly to the land. No other feed
has any such comparative value.
When this is considered. the immense
advantages derived by the farmers
from the esta blshment OF cotton seed
oil mills is realized even If no other
benefits accrue, but when the abund-
ance and cheupness of hulls is Consid-
cred, and their value to the farmer
and feeder recognized. some idea is
given of the splendid work and advan-
tageS the other mills have accom-
plished towards the development OF
Southern agriculture.
In almost any season. regardless of
the price of seed and products, the
mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Mill
Company Of the Carolinas and Georgia
will give back to the farmers all of the
meal and hullS produced from the seed
in exchange for the seed, reServing
only the oil and small amount of short
lint to cover transportation charges.
cost of wOrkirg. interest on Investment
and profits. so more liberal division
of the profits between manufacturers
and consumer has ever been accom-
plShcd. 1t makes the business CO.
operative, returning to the farmer all
that is OF any value to him, in a great
ly improved condition. and consequent
ly greatly increased in value, and
l
of the seed universally regarded rs de-
trimcntal in it's natural condition.
either as feed or fertilizer, from
which the mill must realize all Of it's
expenses. including cost of working.
The oil is converted at the refnericS
In Savannah into pure and whole
some substitutes for lard. known as
"Palmatima" and "Snowdrift." and is
given back to the consumers table as
a dCliCuCy at n low price. or as pure
nj
The refuse or waste from the refined
oil is made into n soap, and sold back
at n cost that places IL i'm the reach of
the poorest. The lint is made into
quilts, pillows and mattresses and sold
at price that makes 1t possible for
the bedrooms of the humbleSt cottage
to be comfortably furnished.
In buying or raisng"Cattle to be fat
tened on hulls and meal. every .ffort
should be made to secure good beef
producing breeds. a prominent and
successful packer IS authority for tho
statement that the improved breeds
will sell on foot for three times as
much as the common stock
The consumption of beef in the South
far exceeds any previous period. 1t
can be met by home production If
Southern farmers will use all the hulls
and meal mad" by the oil mills. WITH
out drawing on tn" West. At present
only about Onc-'Ourth of the cotton
seed meal is consumed whore Il is pro-
duC"d for feeding and fertiliZing crops
the balance finding a market either in
Europe or In the Eastern or Western
States.
The cotton oil industry has been de.
VelOped when ii was most needed by
the people of the South. especially by
the Southern Cotton OH Company,
which has mills throughout the South
and general headquarters at Columbia.
s. G., GOldSburO. y. c.. Charlotte. \
G., Atlanta, Ga, and Savannah and
Augusta, Ga Its only danger is in
being ovcr-don". II should get to
such proportions as to have the crush
ing capacity run ahead Of the produC-
tion of seed, or the production of oil
increase faster than the consumption
the results would h" disastrous both to
the mill owners. and to the farmers
IT is business requiring high order
Of commercial intelligence for its sue
C"SSful continuance. and II is manifest
ly To the interests Of the manufacturer
and TO the "arl lrr to keep il well with
in TeG GSOnable bounds.