The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-01

cally demonstrated. sustained by prac-
tical tests that the droppings from cat
tie fed IN cotton seed meal is equal IN
feeding value to the meal itself applled
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 establishment of cotton seed
oil mills is realized even if no other
benefits accrue, but when the abund-
ance and cheapness of hulls is consd-
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, reserVlng
only the oil, and small amount OF short
lint to cover transportation charges,
cost of working, interest on investment
and profits. No more liberal division
Of the profits between manufacturers
and consumer has ever been accom-
plished. 1t makes the business CO.
that is Of any value to him, in a great
ly improved condition, and consequent
" greatly increased in value, and
leaving with the mill only that part
of the seed universally regarded as de-
trinnental in its natural condition,
either as a feed or fertilizer, from
which the mill must realize all Of it's
expenses, including cost Of working.
The oil is converted at the refineries
in Savannah into pure and whole
some substitutes for lard, known as
"Palmatina" and "Snowdrift,' and is
given back to the consumers table as
a delicacy at low price, or as a pure
cooking oil, as Wesson Cooking Oil.
The refuse or waste from the refined
oil is made into soap, and sold back
at a cost that places it in the reach OF
the poorest The lint is made into
quilts, pillows and mattresses and sold
at a price that makes it possible for
the bedrooms of the humblest cottage
to be comfortably furnished.
In buying or raising cattle to be fat
, tened on hulls and meal every :fIort
should be made to secure good beef
producing breeds. A prominent and
successful packer is authority for the
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 made by the oil mills, with
out drawing on the West. At present
only about one-fourth Of the cotton
seed meal is consumed where it is PRO-
duced 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 it was most needed by
the people of the South, especially by
the Southern Cotton Oil Company,
which has mills throughout the South
and general headquarters at Columbia,
S. c., Goldsboro, N. c.. Charlotte, \.
c.. Atlanta, Ca, and Savannah and
Augusta, Ga It's only danger is in
being oyer-done. It should get to
such proportions as to have the crush
ing capacity run ahead of the produc
ton of seed, or the production of oil
increase faster than the consumption,
the results would be disastrous both to
the mill owners, and to the farmers.
It is a business requiring high order
of commercial intelligence for it's sue
cessful continuance, and it is manifest
ly to the interests Of the manufacturer
and to the farmer to keep it we'll with
in reasonable bounds.