The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-04-20

welt and Ming Edward OF England, cX- |
changed messages o! congratulatlon !
aud respect BY the Narcon system of
wireless tclcgraphy. This gave sane
tion to another great scientific achieve
mcnt as a demonstrated success.
Doubtless many an ambitious boy
and man thought, on reading these
messages, But what is there nov fog
human ingenuity to accomplish
What continents are there Sc, to '!l>-
cover. What great exploits in III"
field Of invention are there to insure
either genius or perseverance,?
"Nlorc than any of Us have dreamed
o!, might be the response.
Air navigation at once occurs 20 the
mind as something greet not set ac-
complishcd But that is not the most
important line Of thought and investi
CATION.
Probably the great discovcrcrs Of
the coming century will be chiefly in
lhc line Of economy; in the field Of
learning how to utilize the material,
the forces and agencies of which we
already know something; and that,
indeed, is all that signor Marconi
accomplished in his great discovery.
There yet remain several given
problems for solution, and fame will
crown the man or boy who shall solve
any Of them; yes, and wealth awaits
him, too.
Is it not probable that somebody
will yet discover how the rain may be
made to fall upon the parched earth
at the will of man?
Is it not probable that the suns
heat will be conserved controlled, in
such practical way as to furnish
practical answer to the question,
"How shall fuel be provided for the
use Of man, when the supply Of coal
and of timber shall have become so
far exhausted as to leave menace to
mankind2"
One or two illustrations of what has
been accomplished within half cen
tury or so, may serve to encourage
effort. For, while our eagcrncss to
convert raw material into manufactur-
cd products and increase our wealth
and the national wealth is commcnda-
BILE, we should realize more than we
do the extravaganza, the waste, Of
which We are daily and hourly guilty
because of ignorance. We should di-
rect our attention more to the prob
lem of saving; for what we now
thoughtlessly waste will be astonish-
ing to the people Of the next century.
It will seem to them well-nigh crimi-
nal.
Less than half century since, cot
ton seed was more Of nuisance than
thing Of value, leaving out of the
reckoning the small per cent. of that
produced which was needed for plant
ing. One Of the serious questions for
planters was, "What shall we do to
get rid of this nuisance in the most
expeditions and effective way?"
True, the cattle ate some of it, but
their owners did not place high
value upon it as food for them. They
therefore threw it out into waste
places by score tons, and they burn.
ed it by the million dollars worth
every season.
AS writer has forcibly and tcrscly
put it, Cotton seed was garbage in
1860, fertilizer in 1870, cattle food
in 1880, and table food and many
things else in 1890"
Now this seed yields revenue Of
many, many millions of dollars every
year. The very hulls are regarded al
one of the most excellent of foods fol
cattle, and they are shipped far ani
near, in bales, for that purpose, q tor
of seed yielding about one thousand
pounds Of the hulls.
Then the little fbers that cling to
the seeds-tho ''linters," as they are
called oommeroially-are removed and
utilized for filing mattresses, pillows
etc., making felt hats and similar pro.
ducts of labor. A ton of seed yields
from twenty to thirty pounds of these
linters.
After the meats of the seeds have
been pressed and the very valuable
oil thoroughly extracted, the cake
which is left is one Of the most yalua
BILE products Of the seed-a by-pro
duct of its utilization. Fed in that
form or ground into meal, it is The
most valuable for cattle food of any
part of the seed by-produots. A tor
of seed yields about seven hundred
and twenty-five pounds of this fine
food II ia worth about +-,,tn'..-