The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
DUB OIL MILLS.
ALARMS PACKERS. OLIVE Gho 9F-
!ERs AND:2U7 TERM 1aESs.
The Industry Csa Increase the south's S
Production Over !sifty Eli.
lion Collars Per Annum.

Production Over sifty Eli. !
lion Iollars Per Annum.
South Caroii2s's oil cils EeIs
never m1-s Prosperous" SAID one OF
the leading cooson ssea cru5ie,s OF tic
state to 6 Columbia Rscord nsa re-
Gently. Tie same thing right be
said," ho ADDED, ''of she mills through
out the South. !"
Good time fer the mills means tr2'
mendcus erhancamens OF the veslth
D oiuct!on OF he community, and :
statement will b welc1Zsd sceordirs.
y. No industry In the South sEcn2ts
20 more and is ss:ksd aoous lsss. Just
hcw vital the business Is &C Sou5he-z
prosperity ma: &c 1sai!zsd fIoE E
xun mary OF tae Information renain
ing with The ReccYd nan after & long
conversation with the c-ushef quc5-
sd.
"Thsre ars,:' be said, "about eight
hundred cctson seed oil mills scd co.,
ton oil 1e6nsI;s3 icessed IL See Sou5h.
Of these, about seventy igs ace o7n'
ed b. Esste-n, No1ssaern aaG Weatszn
stockholders. One company, g M,
jority OF whose stockholders, aad ali
Of whose exec1ai7s o6icaIs, are South
EN- man, OWLS about ninety plants.
The balance, ever SIX hundred, are
owned by ioesl pscpls, nsny thou'
SANDS Of vhon are tarms75.
ITO the South. therefore, belongs
large psrt Of the Development OF this
aoIdertul industry, and the prcats:
ahen any &7e made. are DIVIDED
| aneng the people who either produce
she cotton, OF whose Interests arc
Identified with thcSs Of the cotson
grover.
"Is is tie only manufacturing In
dusbry ths6 neither sskS Dor receives
nstional or state protection OF sub
liGy; that sotss It's ovn skillet; that
tor ysa1s returnad to the farmers from
rs TO 100 pe1 cspt. Of tbs gross value
Of iss prodncss afssc pa7iGg cssh for
! Size raw msseEisl and the cost OF pro
iuction. II teeds both MAJ and h.sss
nd helps to closbs the hInan farcily.
Il is tie s!ngla Ameri:aa industry
shat has survived foreign AID Gonss
tic opposition Without 'squsa!ing,' sno
yet Is had, OF nov nas 0As olive grow
a1s OF Europe and CaltfoEn!a, the
American mat paeke-s anc the ouS
.er makers Of tne West crying arouLc
tteir government for p-oSecSio;
asairst this young giact. LIZ reaotc
8 brilliant with god oeecs srd II
york is only just beginning. It's pro
nuters and 5h1ss who have 2lV5R yea;.
to It's development, nsy Hsil os proue
# its achievements. and rsEem 5erine
she difficulties il hss ove.coGe, snc
me bright future csioTe It, they car
iepore the tew oppccsrts that ar
,1ill left ST home and abroad, Is ths!
sus &c nora figure nov than the h7 OF
s2e c1's hcca. {"
Discussing the value Of cotton ges6,
formerly g waste p-couc5, lie s.io saej
s.e now used, principally, ioG plaoF
.ne, milling, feedlng sGccs CT f5rsL 2
;ng crops.
"Abous eight per cent. CT The seet
crop" be s.a>ed, is Iseded 10:
! p,znting purposes, amounting, on tht
acreage OF 1906 c6, 20 about 4oo. .0Ce
tons. The tolsl p.o5uctIor os seso
basis ct the crop ct 1905 C6, q
600 pounds Ct seed so she b le Of co.
5oc. vas 5, ,l30, 0o0 TOES. Dductin,
ne amount 1or piarsiEg ISIS 4,725.
$50 tGns ior ot1e1 us5S. 1t s2Esafs
from the government -erorsa thai
.gops 3 100000 acas were CRUSHED z
sae oil mills curing the saaas year, 0
shout seventy Per cent. OF the ssec
sysilaols eve: ana z5oys 5has neces'
ssrg tcr planting purposes.
1T is gsnsrally kIo12 that Whili
the sead has a certain feeding vslus
ii 6oss not conJ pare With ths ;eeci1f
value OF nsal and bulls, ties lstts'
b=il G IN fsr better mechanical ecnoi
! ZION. Besides, when Ssad sre fed tt
cattle, OF put under crcps, 1t entstl!
| al sncrncus loss OF tns c.tson sese
| crc6ucts which shouid be saved.
1.-THE fsztii:zcg value OF SEED l:
confined slGosu entirely to tae
snoun5 Of meal contained iu it. As
this averages from IT'S to S25 pounds
il Is ev:dsnt that every pound Oval
that au&n5ity In a ton Of 2.00(
pounds is almost wagtsd when usec
| for terti.izirg ahe land instead OF be-
Ing crushed by the mills.
1.-The mills viii generally exchange
meal and hulls for sesd with tx
farmer On g basis tSas will make ]:
| :sr better fer the iacmer to do TIL:
| than 20 iced them to ssota CT use the
sesd for fert!l!z!Hg Ghe soil.
''If the gesd are crushed Ct the
mills, the chief product is high
grade material, and the by. products
surpass any other stock feed.
Net over STOUT seventy per cent
OF the surplus seed are conTerted !nte
oil mill p,cduca, but II eli che seec
exclusive CT what IS NEEDED fo1 pant
! ing were crushed, the gross CONNER
cssl value would bs double tie value
Of Ehs raw sesd ussd 10 any othsc say
land would increase the value OF ths
South's prooucs frcm this souice
alone about $50, 900 600. In addition
to this. nes1ly 80, 100000 would be
psid ont IN wages by the mills, prac'
t:cally all Of which would be disoI1s'