The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-05-14
THE COTTON PLANT AND ITS
B~Y-PRODUCTS.

THE COTTON PLANT AND IT'S
BY-PRODUCTS.
There are comparatively few people
who fully realize the possibilities Of the
plant and its b~y-products latter
the cotton seed have been picksd) when
properly treated for recovery: inefic-
lent treatment and ignorance Of values
are usually the Aus Of failures to
what is called waste and which
prove to be of greater value
the original product
The cotton plant of which the United
States of America destroys annually
fifty to seventy-five million tons. out
of which it gets practically nothing in
return, but harbors vermin and filth.
which creates disease to such an extent
as to endanger the future crops. When
the stalks are burned and the land
thoroughly cleaned q slight advantage
is gained in potash and other chemi-
calls contained in the plant which 10 alb
sorbed by the ground as fertilizlng
medium.
Whilst this may seem to be theory,
practical tests have proved beyond .
doubt that when the stalks are re-
moved and the ground properly cleaned
from brush, weeds, roots, etc., the
plant will be healthier, free from YER
min and less liable to the ravages Of
snoonka Uhon 1o~l &. $~~oA &C.,
filth, prior to blowing and planting. it
destroys the insects and their larvae
which puts the ground into better form
for planting as well as facilitates cult
walton.
UTILIZING THE COTTON PLANT.
The Economic Power & Products
Company of Philadelphia is the owner
of numerous Patents for the utilization
of the cotton plant and has devised
means of opening up an industry that
will extend throughout the entire Cot
ton Growing Belt of the United States.
and purposes the erection of mills and
equipment to manufacture and recover
all of the valuable products contained
in the cotton plant.
Cotton plant values will vie with the
well-known development and of the
utilization of the cotton seed, n of
the greatest American industries Of
the present time, producing over n
hundred and fifty million dollars per
annum for the planters. Whilst these
figures, obtained from Government Re-
ports, may appear large, the utilizs-
ton of the cotton plant will by far ex-
coed them and prove a boon to the
planter in providing a market for the
hitherto waste cotton stalks, creating
a new revenue at a time when he is in
need of something to do, and to pro-
vide employment for his help. BY hsv-
ing a market for this waste material
which must be removed, provides the
only complete and feasible way of pre-
venting the accumulation of vermin.
thereby eliminating the possibility Of
Disease and eventually producing .
better staple with better seed. Great
ing a new revenue for the planters, be-
sides the means of bringing a large
and valuable New Industry into the
South, providing employment for An
unlimited amount of labor and natural
ly increasing the influx of capital
throughout the Cotton Belt.
FOR PAPER MANUFACTURE.
Cotton stalks produce a paper pulp
equal to the best pulp made from wood
and will beyond question eventually
prove the Cotton Belt to be the means
of supplying most of the paper mills
throughout the United States and pre-
vent future devastation of our forests.
1t will also be the means of the erec-
ton of large paper mills adjacent to
the pulp supply which will benefit the
paper manufacturers throughout the
entire country in giving them a uni
form and dependable supply at q rea-
sonable price which may be relied upon
from time to time.
THE BY-PRODUCTS.
By-products of the cotton stalks are
of such an extent and value as to in
sure a large output at good profits for
the expense above the cost of separa-
ton and recovery, consisting of sacha-
rim, gums. coloring matter. etc., all Of
which by conversion, separation. dis
tillation, ETC., will be creations of ex-
treme value, supplying products that
hitherto have been furnished by for
eign countries at variable prices. The
residues from the by-products are re-
covered so that nothing is wasted; they
are of such proven value in combina-
ton as fertilizers, producing a product
adaptable to plant life. increasing the
yield in crops in proportion to any fer
t~ilizers employed at present time.
THE COTTON PLANT INDUSTRY.
Whilst in its infancy this proposition
has taken several years Of experiment.
ing to develop. it will however follow
closely in the footsteps of the cotton