The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11
THE FUTURE OF THE COTTON
SEED INDUSTRY
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gallons OF oil, whereas, another ton.
nroducad under quite similar sou ana
climatic conditions, may approximate
as To 60 gallons. No attempt nds
| been made to produce strains O seVo
Welding q high content or OH OF III
trogen up to this time, get tfllS prom
ises to be a most fertile and dtlrac-
tive phase of cotton industry and one
destined to revolutionize the business.
Ii has been shown that the content OF
oil from sugar beetS may be supstdh-
tially increased. 1T is equally true
that the nitrogen content Of the SEED
may also be increased ne tlflie
will come, therefore. hen the yleio
of oil obtained from the seed Will ap-
proximate A. and even 80 gallons t.
the ton. If the total crop OF 1908
were crushed and yielded 30 gallohs
of oil per ton, the output would nave
I been 275,OOO, 600 gallons, which at 50
cents a gallon would represent a value
Of about 500, 900, 600, or more than
the cotton seed by-product business
has aggregated in any year prior TO
1909. While this date may be some,
what distant and some may be IN
clined to look upon he suggestion
as visionary. there is an abundance OF
scientific data available to show that
the tCIiItiibIoiI Ii CtihE' oii '"CS "N
that all that is needed is to educate
the farmer and to set our Southern
people to work Systematically to I'M
prove the cotton seed through breed
ing for higher yields Of oil and nj
trogen.
There is another direction in which
we need education, and that is on the
part Of the farmers who persist IN
retaining so to 40 per cent OF the
seed produced at home and using II
directly as either feed or fertilizer
under the mistaken notion that they
are enriching the soil materially by
this practice. AS a matter of fact,
cotton seed oil is a carbohydrate, that
is, it consists Of carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen-materials which the plant
obtains, directly or indirectly from
the air, and which represents no
drain on soil fertility whatever. nor
does the addition of this oil to the
soil through the medium of seed used
as fertilizer serve the crop grown
thereon in any respect It is simply
an aggravated example Of ar u%njusti-
fable waste persisted in through a
nlisconception of what constitutes the
important fertilizing principles of the
seed, and the more or less vague
feeling that the oil mill is securing a
material advantage over the farmer
when it secures his seed.
a ton of seed contains but half as
much fertility AS j ton Of meal. Tx
peri1nentS have indicated that 800
pounds Of high grade meal are equiv
alent to a ton of seed in fertilizing
value. The seed can not be fed with
satisfaction to some classes of live
stock, and certainly not in the same
amount or with the degree of safety
with which TX meal can be utilized.
me seed is not nearly as valuable for
1erullzer as the meal. which is nat
urally more concentrated. Under
farmer has nothing to gain by re-
tanning the SEED on the farm.
provided he can make a satisfactory
trade with the oil mill. Suppose the
FARMER mas four tons OF seed and can
secure $50 q ton for the same. He
rcdn exchange a ton of seed for a tor
OF meal, n in some was
oIereo additional remuneration dur
ing the present season. Two tons of
meal possess the fertilizing. and We
thlnk practically the feeding eouiva-
lent OF four tons of seed. The FARM.
e could therefore put $50 in his
pocket and still have as much .na-
ttIlai Tor n proper nutrition of his
I'VE stock and the fertilization of no
Iaho as Ii he had retained the seed
a. i"Iie. ana denied and
tIe people of the world the nrivi.eya
Of utilizing and enjoying the $50 ya1-
Ions of oil and other b~v-nroa,ct. ~
rived from the seed Edncation go.
TINS me is very much needed ana
viii 90 much to stimulate the cal.
OF SEED 10 he oil mills. OF conr.o
! 1le HlII man should ~realiza tha+ ~
} mus He !afr ana lust to the farn,ar