The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-26

operated in connection with the plant
In Montgomery, and the fertilizer mix
ed therein is known and popular
throughout the South. There Is much
of the meal of the Alabama Cotton Oil
Company which is not made into FER
tilizer at the local plant, but sold direct
to fertilizer companies. In all, 1t is
probable that one-fifth of the total
meal output of this plant, or 1900 tons,
Is used in the manufacture of fertilizer.
either at the plant itself. or by other
fertilizer plants. The rest of the meal
either as meal or cake-is shipped
except for the portion used locally, to
| all parts of the world.
OF the independent plants, the Plant
ers' Cotton Oil Mill, a combination OF
| Montgomery capital, is the Oldest. 1t
| is situated ON North McDonough Street
far beyond the odoriferous gas works
| The Planters Oil mill, in crushing its
5000 tons of seed each year, and in
making OF 1t 3.400 tons of meal OF
cake, $4,000 gallons or crude oil. 2,40O
| tons of bulls, and about 2,400 tons OF
linters operates about 100 men during
| the busy season.
The work of the Planters mill is
that of turning out the fundamental
| products of the seed-the meal, cake
oil, huIls and linters. None of the
crude oil Is refined, but is shipped to
rehneries for development. No ferti-
lizer is mixed, but the meal for ferti-
| lizer Is sold to the manufactures OF
that substance.
Work at the Planters mill as at all
of the local mills. is being effected al
| present in the Improvement and over
hauling of the machinery, preparatory
| to the start of operations on about
| September 1, when the season for the
oil mills opens.
End, just beyond the Bell Street bridge
Is the second of the independent mills
as to date of establishment in Mont
gomery. A huge red painted building
with the paint, of course. made with
| cotton seed oil--houses the establish
| ment. which is probably the largest OF
the independents. 1t was esta blished
in 1900. and employs, during the season
100 to 125 men.
A six-press mill is operated, and
from 10, 600 to 10000 tons of the seed
is crushed in the plant each year. Most
of the product, the crude oil and the
meal or cake, is shipped from Mont
Somery to foreign points. Alabama
laws, declare those connected with the
plant. make 1t easier to market abroad
than in the State.
None OF the meal is mixed into ferti-
lizer, nor Is any OF the oil refined
these secondary operations all being
performed at the more technical plants
The National Cotton OIL plant has
been attacked by fire since its install
lation though the Immediate resump.
ton of work after the loss was proof
of the stability of the Montgomery
mahufactury.
Dixie MIL.
The Dixie Cotton Oil mill is the new
est of the mills of Montgomery. 1t is
situated just beyond the city limits, or
the Washington Ferry Road. and, with
its three press mill, is the smallest. II
is a thriving. enterprising industrial
institution, however, and probably one
OF the most literally independent ol
the five mills of the city. Within it.
walls Is everything .leeded for the OPP
Grafton of the plant. 1t manufacturer
it's own electric power, and its steam
1t gins cotton, 1t has even a mattres:
factory in connection with the plant
that the Nnters may be utilized. The
1inters are used for the filling. and the
mattresses thus manufactured are solo
readily in local markets.
The Dixie Mil, during the season
employs fifty to seventy-five men, and
brushes 5000 tons of seed each year.
The oil meal. cake, hulls and linters
are then the fundamental products OF
the seed. and the products in which
the Montgomery institutions deal al
most exclusively. But the evoluti or
from the seed does not stop there. The