Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-11-16
HOW A VAGRANT
BECAME A KING.
From ObsCurity to IntCrRa-
national Importance.

| by DIR. A. M. Soule, President Geor-
gia State College of 9Agrlculture)
Every one living lin the South is i'm
terested in cottonseed which has risen
from position of obscurity in a p'N iod
OF forty years to where it now pro :
Vides the basis of an industry of in
Iternational Importance. It's remarka-
bile enhancement in value is not hard
to understand when its chemical ANAL
ysis is taken into consideration
Many analyses of cottonseed indi-
cate that it contains about 1913 per
cent. of water, 3.5 per cent of ash,
1874 per cent. of protein. 23.2 per cent.
of crude fiber. 24.7 per cent. of nitro
gen free extract, and 1919 per cent. of
ether extract of oil. In other words, in
100 pounds of cottonseed there are
the various percentages enumerated.
AS will be seen. nearly 20 per cent.
of cottonseed consists of oil, whfch
when properly expressed and refined,
constitutes one of it's most valuable
products, supplying the housewife
with an admirable substitute for lard
or other animal fats, and enabling her
to produce cakes, rolls, or biscuits of
the purest character and the finest
edible qualities ais well.
Natures Wise Provision.
Through a wise provision of nature
which man has been slow to ,appre-
ciate, this OIL consists almost entire
ly of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
three elements which plants secure
chiefly from the air and water which
fails as rain. This being the case, the
oil may readily he extracted from cot
tonseed and used for various CONNER
cial purposes, or as food for the hgI-
man being, with the greatest possible
advantage from an economic and
dietetic standpoint, while not in the
least reducing the fertiIizing value of
the seed, but distinctly improving it as
IA food material for all classes of Live
stock.
This being true, it is surprising that
such large per cent eff cottonseed
is still retained ON the farm and used
as fertilizer, or fed directly to cattle
Some people are still lcath to believe
that the oil can have no fertlizng
value. On the contrary. if anything il
has an objec tionable influence when
put in the soil, as it tends to close
mp the pores or openings between the
particles of which tine earth crust is
composed and prevent the free movn-
ment of air and water through the
soil. Without this free movement of
air and water plants cannot thrive
That Oil exercises the function de-
scribed to 1t when applied to the soil
in considerable quantity is shown by
the success which has attended using
it las "a medium for the protection Of
roads and for THE prevention of dust
in towns and cities.
The Wise Course For the Farmer.
Dispensing of cottonseed, therefore, |
on the part of the farmer lis a rational
and legitimate practice, provided, OIL
course, that he secures its fertilizing |
equivalent and returns to tie land n
the form of meal or some other COM
mercial plant food.
Considering the analysis under dis
cussion, it appears further that cot
tonseed contains high per cent. OF
protein. This is the element con-
cerned in supplying the nerves and tbs
sues of the animals with the consi5.tu |
ents for their maintenance in perfect
condition. A large amount of it is |
also required in tie ration of horses
and dairy cattle. since milk contains
a good deal of this element, and the |
horse is essentially muscular animal
and can only be maintained in perfect |
condition and enabled to do its work |
effectively when the daily food it re-
ceives contains an adequate supply of
protein BY expressing the CYL from
the seed, its protein content is greatly |
increased and a meal produced which |
has a superior value for feeding to all
classes eff live stock, provided it is IA
combined with such otter con-
centrates and forms of roughness as
may be available ON the farm.
THE CAUSE OF COLDS.