Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-09-17
THE ADVANTAGES WHICH ACCRUE
TO THE FARMER.
Some Of the Profit Tie Realizes by the
Establishment OF Cotton Seed Oil Mills.

so close to the farmer as the cotton
seed oil mills. The interest of the two
! are mutual and inseparable. A very
large part Of the products of the oil
mills Is now returned to the farm and
practically all OF 1t in some form can
be utilized.
The mill provides profitable market
| for the surplus seed, and returns the
product to the farmer, with greatly
enhanced value in a finished condition
While the larger part of the business
between the mill and the farmer is
conducted on basis of barter and ex-
change, it does not actually differ
| much in results from the toll system Of
| the corn mill.
The oil mill purchases the seed in
| the open market, and sells it's products
| In the same way, but ultimately, all
| Of the hulls and meal should get back
| to the farms from which the seed were
shipped. While this is now the result
| in many cases, 1t Is not as common or
general as tn, practice should be. Ev-
| cry pound of these two products pro-
duced in the South should be returned
| to the land, either as fertilizer ap
piled direct, or stock feed the latter
| in that way is immensely increased.
About 1880 cotton seed oil mill was
established at Columbia S. G. The
historian Of the time only considered 1t
late the "public-spirted" citizen who
had enterprise enough to establish the
| business, but did make the further
comment that the owner Expressed
from cotton seed very fair grade Of
edible OIL" No further refei encc is
made to this beginning OF the busi-
| ness, and 1T can only be inferred that
the improper handling of the product
or the preJudices of the people agains
this "edible OIL" prevented it from be
| found thousands of tons of
seed dumped on the commons, and
| placed under guard to prevent the
| cows from eating them, as they were
regarded as poisonous to cattle.
From such conditions has grown a
| magnificent industry that has added
millions to the value of Southern
farms, increased the traffic of the rail-
roads, established an immense foreign
trade with this country, earned fair
returns for it's promoters, while giving
employment to thousands of men al
remunerative wages, many of whom
otherwise would be idle at the season
when their work Is required at the
mills.
In all Of this development the great
| est benefits have been derived by tn,
farmers. The mills have taken the seed
which prior to their establishment
were either lost entirely or wastefully
| used, and converted them into valuable
products, easily and economically
| handled, resulting in the cheaper pro-
| duction OF crops, and increased yields
per acre.
Raising and fattening cattle has been
one OF the interesting features of this
development. The fattening of cattle
In the South for market outside, per-
haps, or the Texas ranges, was un-
known before the extensive use of cot
ton seed hulls and meal. At present
| almost every neighborhood is raising
| few head of cattle for the butcher
on this feed, and In many sections
numbers of cattle are being fatteneJ
In this way. AS this business increases
1t will be followed by the erection Of
packing houses in the South with ali
the advantages Of such Industries
Any landowner can make fattenin"
cattle profitable. 1t has been chemi7
cally demonstrated, sustained by prac-
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 establishment of cotton seed
benefits accrue, but when the abund-
ance and cheapness Of hulls Is consid-
cred, and their value 70 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, reg ardless Of
the price OF seed and products, the
mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Mill
Company Of the Carolinas and Geor ssia
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 working, interest on investment
| and profits. No more liberal di, ison
| Of the profits between manufacturers
and consumer has ever been accom-
MI In1
| 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, end
leaving with the mill only that part
| OF the seed universally regarded as de-
trimental in It's 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
deiicacy at low price, or as a pure
cooking OIL as Wesson Cooking Oil.
| The refuse or waste from the refined
| oil is made into q soap, and sold back
| at cost that places it in 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.
I'm buying or raising 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 the
statement that the improved breeds
| VIII sell on foot for three times as
| much as the common stock.
The consumption of beef I'm the South
far exceeds any previous period 1t
| can be met by home production IL
! 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 1T Is pro-
| duced for feeding and fertilizing crops.
| the balance finding market either In
| Europe or in the Eastern or Western
| States.
The cotton oil industry has been de-
| veloped when 1t 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.
| c. Atlanta, Ga, and Savannah and
Augusta, Ga It's only danger is in
| being over-done. 1t should eeH to
| such proportions as to have the crush
| Ing capacity run ahead OF the produc-
tion of seed or the production of oil
increase raster than the consumption.
| the results would be disastrous both To
the mill owners, and to the farmers,
1t Is business requiring n high order
| Of commercial intelligence for it's sue
| cessful continuance, and 1t is manifest-
| ly to the interests OF the manufacturer
| and to the farmer to keep II well with
| In reasonable bounds.
| %o-1-8
Telf Mcintosh, a negro, of Greenwood