Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-11-08
OUR COTTON SEED CROP.
SOMETHING ABOUT ITS VALUE TO THE
SOUTH.
HOW TO REALIZE UPON IT.
A Few Facts and Suggestion that are Worth
Thousands to the Southern Farmer
II Put into Practice with Care
and Perseverance.

For the following facts and informa-
tion in regard to the value of cotton
seed as money crop and the proper
care of it. and much good, wholesoTo
advice to Southern planters, we are in
debted to the managers of the Wood
bury (Gal Oil Mills, Chas. S. Reid and j.
NJ. Strother, who have compiled the in
formation and published booklet for
the benefit of their patrons. We feel that
this article is well worth reprinting for
more general reading by the Southern
planters
If CoTroN is King, then CorroN SEED
is Queen and by far the more useful
member of the household. The uses of
cotton are very limited while the uses
of the products of cotton seed are al
most unlimited. Cotton returns to the
farm, with the exception of some wear
ing apparel, nothing but plow lines and
the covering for bands and collar
pads. Cotton seed returns food for
man and beast, parasite preventative,
harness oil, soap, mattresses, quilts,
comfortables, the filling for collar pads,
and back-bands, fertilizer, etc. Cotton
seed is the provider of farm necessities,
leaving cotton to return it's full value
i'm cash surplus. Thus, cotton seed is
an helpmate after the old standards.
Cotton seed is the source of food for
man and beast, fertilizer for the land
and cleanliness for the body. But it
must be crushed by the oil mill and
separated into it's useful and beneficial
parts. In its whole state it is tit only
as n poor stock food and II very eXpen-
sive fertilizer.
There should be n feeling of very close
relationship between the producer and
the oil mill man, for these two are very
essential to each other. Here is what
the oil mill has done for the planter: 1t
has reduced the price of commercial
fertilizers at least one half; it has pre-
vented u tremendous rise in the price
of meat and lard it has brought up the
valuation of the South's cotton seed
crop from $50 900 600 To nearly 500. .O0O,-
600 Yet, the oil mill must have some
profit on its Investment of capital. time
and labor; and the plauterc can give the
mill this out of the oil from his seed,
and receive back all the other results
of the crush in II far more useful and
beneficial form. The producer is trcbly
benefited by the exchange, and the
mill is paid for its services. Git has
been settled beyond Il doubt by chem
lists that the oil in cotton seed is abSo-
lutely worthless as II stock food or rs Il
fertilizer.)
There was n time when the farmer
took his turn of corn or wheat to the
mill, and the miller ground it and re-
turned its products to the farmer, after
reservng for his work and the use of
his machinery II certain toll of the
grain. There will come a time when
the cotton producer will take his cot
ton seed to the oil mill and get in return
all of its meal and hulls for feeding cat
tie, horses, mules, sheep, goats and
hogs, and for fertilizer; also 25@1 of it's
linters for mattresses, quilts, comforta-
bles, etc, and 1919 of its oil for cook
ing purposes, leaving to the oil mill for
its work and the use of its machinery,
9O96 of the oil and 1875 of the linters
resulting from the manufacture of the
seed. (With the provision only that
the producer must allow some small
concession to cover cost of refining oil
and for freight charges on seed and
products, where remote from n MILD
Or, exchange seed for meal hulls.
cooking oil, soap and linters.
Before the Introduction of oil mills
the South's entire crop of cotton seed
was worth only about S2O,OOO.OOO. Now
the crop is worth about $5O,OOO,0O0 in
cash. BY exchanging and using the
products for food for man and animal
and for fertilizer the crop can be made
to yield SSl $50 600 conservative eSt-
mate). Compare this with the value
of seed before oil mills were introduced,
and it must be acknowledged that the
mill is TREND To the producer.
Average annual crop of seed is ) 0OO.-
600 tons. OF this amount about 500 GOO
tons is necessary for planting, leaving
4,5OO,OOO tons to be used for feeding
purposes and for fertilizers About two
thirds of this amount is now sold to the
oil mills largely for cash, and at an
average price Of about $lo.G0 per ton,
netting To the farmers about $50 ,OOO.O 900.
This we set aside rs the value oi the
marketed seed crop Now take the
remaining 800 900 tons which is kept
on the farm and used as feed or fcrti-
lizer. 1t is worth to the farmer for
these purposes perhaps Sl6 6,i55 600.
Should the farmers exchange this
million and II half tons of seed with the
oil mills for feed and fertilizer, ON n
basis of 500 pounds of meal and POO
pounds of hulls per ton of seed they
would receive back in feeding and fer.
tiliZing value $50 800 600, showngn II net
profit above the equivalent of their
seed for the purposes used, of S9,3l5 600.
This is the sum the South is annually
throwing away by not exchanging this
million and half tons Of seed for meal
and hulls. What is each producers
part of it?
Results OF Crushing Seed.
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