The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-10
Mill Men Will Offer So
a Ton.
THE SITUATION Is DISCUSSED
Damage to Crop Estimated to Ex-
coed 100000.
Reports That Product Would Not BE
Bought Owing to Destructive
Effects Of Hurricane Untrue
Farmers Take Chances.

Planters and ginners OF Montgomer,
of enat % the TIA,
cotton seed crop Of Alabama to the ex.
tent OF $1,000. 900. Others go further
| and say that the farming interests oil
| tent of 100000 in the single item
of cotton seed.
All unite in saying that the damage
done to cotton, not only in its destruc.
amount to a much higher figure. The
storm was a severe blow not only tt
the farmer with seed to sell, but tc
the cotton oil mill interests of the
state. which, in recent years, has as.
sumed proportions undreamed of TWEEN.
ty-five years ago.
So serious is the situation as 1t af.
fects the cotton. seed trade. that ID
storm. some of the oil mills refused t.
buy seed at any price, from which grew
the report In certain rural districts
that the cotton seed oil mills would
shut, down when they had used up the
stock on hand. This. however, ~ MOI
true. Representative cotton Oil mil
men from all over Alabama. who helt
have agreed to take all seed Offered
at 50 ton. provided the seed is MOI
so decomposed as to be absolutely
worthless.
difference of 81 q Ton.
But. the damage done by the storm
may be estimated by the fact that II
there had been no storm and seed
had been marketed in their usual con.
dition. they would now bring $12 OF
$13 ton. The announcement OF this
oil mill men made yesterday carries the
statement that because OF the storm
only 80 ton will be paid and at thai
the mill men are taking a risk.
1t was intimated further that thii
might he OnlV pynarimept -
be found later that the seed was al
badly damaged rs some Of the planter.
and mill men originally thought II
which case they would he worthless 70,
the manufacture OF oil.
The damage to the seed resulted from
the prolonged rain. together with TIL,
humid. wet weather that followed. II
this period of great humidity. seed II
the bolls sprouted, and seed in newt,
opened cotton sprouted as WELL ThiI
killed the vita;itA Of the seed.
Tearing. an open boil Of cotton t.
pieces and showing the dead seed with
in, J. NJ. Handy, a we'll known planter
day:
have done, they are absolutely worth
they are only samples of what tn,
storm did. are not only dead. but the,
are decomposing An oil mill would
less for oil making purposes. No fer
! tilzer, can be gotten put of them un
less they are put in the ground RICH
| now. while they are decomposing.
they are kept until next year the de
composition will have been completed
and there will he no value to them a
all. The seed are dead for all prac
tical uses"
Situation Gives Concern.
| The cotton seed situation, as brough
| about by the storm. has given cotton
seed oil men no little concern and wor
ry. Leading mill men from all over tn,
state met In Montgomery yesterda,
eraf exhibit to be made at the Mont
gomery state Fair showing the ad
vance in the manufacture of cotton seeC
oil. and illustrating as well the prac
be put. At the meeting were all tn,
members of the Committee on Publicit,
which has this matter In charge. witt
the exception Of Chairman Keyser. Of
ing were Messrs. Earnest Lamar Of
Selma, J. w. Black and g. J. Cassells
Of Montgomery, Mattison OF Talladega
Street OF Opelika. with Messrs. Ten
local cotton mills.
Speaking OF the meeting, J. w
Black. who is thoroughly familiar witt
the cotton seed and oil business in al
While the meeting was called tc
attend to matters relating to the ex-
hibft to be made at the Montgomery
Fair. large portion OF the time was
taken up with discussion of the crisis
In the trade brought about by the
storm. Some three or four days ago
after examining some Of the seed made
worthless by the storm. some of the oil
mill men thought all seed on the stalk
whether In the boil or in the open cot
ton. was without value for any pur-
pose. They were willing to throw UT
their hands and quit so far as this
years crop was concerned.
Mills VIII Buy.
But. few days of sunshine has
followed. and further examination has
shown the frs: idea of the damage
done to the seed was exaggerated. The
report that the mills will not buy any
more seed during this crop year is err
roneous. The oil mill men who were
here. and who reflected the sentiment
of the cotton seeed interests through
out the state say that 50 a ton will
be paid for seed. This means that the
good and the bad seed will be taken
as they come. This plan of buying
seed at the reduced price and running
the risk of tine damaged seed will DE
inaugurated and tried for awhile at
any rate"
Montgomery county farmers are
convinced that the seriousness of the
cotton seed situation Is not realized in
the towns and cities Speaking OF the
matter. Jack TAYLOR. who lives on the
II think the retail trade in the
Alabama towns will he considera bly,
affected bv the damage done cotton