The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-06
BOIL WEEVIL FEARED,
Mr.. B. F. Taylor, of Columbia, Thinks
that Hulls Shipped from West
ern Points are Responsible.

boil weevil had been noticed there has
aroused no little interest among cot
ton seed oil mon. There have been
many various rumors of this before,
which have proved false, but it is
recognized that the story may at any
time become true, and it is we'll to
guard against the possibility Of the
introduction Of this pest.
Mr.. B. F. Taylor, Of this city,
president of the Taylor Manufacture
ing Company, and secretary Of the
South Carolina Cotton Seed Crush
ers Association, says that if the re-
port concerning the boil weevil
should prove true that the method of
introduction into our state is not
hard to find. Ever since last MAY,
when the shortage in the cotton seed
hull supply III this state became ap-
parent, brokers' and dealers have
been buying hulls from the West. It
IS impossible to tell where these hulls
came from, as many Of them were re-
SHIPPED from Atlanta. The oil mills
realized the danger and discussed the
matter frequently, and finally decid-
ed to refuse to buy any Of the western
hulls. Mr.. Taylor says that cotton
seed hulls offer an ideal method for
the Information Of the boil weevil
and if these hulls are produced from
infected seed or in a territory infect
ed by the weevil, it is almost a GER
tainty that the hulls will have num-
bers Of them in them. The proper
step shoul be to quarantine against
any huls or agricultural product ship
ped from infected territory.
The department of agriculture
should look carefully after this and
especially after hull shipments. There
is poor sale Of hulls in Texas and
the process ruling in this state for
this product offers an unusual op-
portunity for brokers, dealers and
manufacturers to ship the hulls from
infected territory into this state at a
handsome profit. The freight rates
from the west also encourage such
shipments.
Laurens is in the midst of the
greatest hull using section of our
state and prices are higher in that
section than anywhere else. At places
the hulls are selling at $15 Per
ton. 1t is no surprise, therefore,
that the report about the boil weevil
should come, especially when the
dealers in hulls are not patriotic
enough to refuse the western ship
ments. Parties have been known to
60 to the railroads asking for re-
duction in rates from the west, so
that they could get the hulls in a low
figure cost. At the urgent request of
the Oil Mill Association the parties
referred to stopped their negotia-
tions, but shipments from west of
the Mississippi are positively known
to have come into the state.
At the meeting Of the South Car
olina Cotton Seed Crushers' Associa-
tion this summer Mr.. Fitzsimmons,
the general manager Of the Southern
Cotton Oil Company, advanced the
idea that cotton seed was now Ole of
the principal grain crops Of the south.
For every bale Of cotton made there
are produced 33 bushels of cotton
seed, which, when manufactured.
produce the best known food for stock
in the shape Of meal, and an oil that
is one Of the most generally used
foods in this country. The value of
the seed is about equal per bushcl to
the prices paid in the grain produc-
ing states for corn and oats.
lie stated that if the same care
was taken Of the cotton seed by the
producer as is taken Of wheat and
corn that better products could be
made from them, which would COM
mand higher price and thus enable
the manufacturers to pay more for
them. IF the seed were sacked up at
the gin this object would be accom-
phshed, as the seed do not heat when
cared for and a great deal Of dirt and
trash gotten from the places Of stor-
age and the railroad cars would be
}eliminated.
{ The railroads Of the country en-
lcourage such method Of handling,
Has they charge the same rate per ton
\ for sacked seed as they do by the