The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
Local Plant First TO Gin "BOlIy" Staple;
Thousands Bales Saved by Use
Modern Machinery
BURRS NOW USED
FOR STOCK FEED
Tests Show Value in Refuse; Gins Ordered
Stop Burning Burrs; Saving 10
Stock Feeders

On account of the excessive amoun
of immature cotton necessary for the
farmers to bring in, in the form o.
what is known as boil cotton, there
were large quantities of burrs ac
oumulated this season
A local gin man conceived the idea
that with the shortage of roughness
to feed stock cattle these burrs
might be utilized and that they
might have considerable feed
value. Acting upon this idea he had
the burrs analyzed aud some feed
tests made This demonstrated con.
siderable feed value Previous to
this Il had been necessary to burn
tne bufrs or haul them off at an ex-
pense to keep them away from his
plant After demonstrating this
Feed value an order was sent out to
the gins controlled by the local peo-
lle, to burn no more burrs where it
was at all possible to get fuel
through the fuel administration, or
otherwise, to keep the plants run
njng, and at the same time to ad-
wise the farmers that there was good
feed value in their burrs, and that
each man should catch his burrs and
take them home with him to feed to
his cattle. Many of tho farmers
throughout the country have taken
advantage of this.
The cotton that has been bought
in the burr by the local company at
It's various plants has accumulated
some. and this has been offered to
the farmers at the local gin points
III the county for feed, at nominal
price. Some of it, on account of
there being no market at the local
POINTS, has been shipped into Chick
asha, and some of the larger feeders
have been feeding it here.
This season there have been ap-
proximately 1900 bales of cotton
glnned at the two local gin plants.
About 250O bales of this was pro-
duced locally; about 800 bales were
shipped in before 1t was ginned, from
points where the gins had to close
down on account of not being able
to get fuel or for other erasons.
In recent government investiga-
tions the ginning industry in Grady
county received great deal Of
praise. It was found that the class
OF gins and the work done in this
county had no superior anywhere in
the south, and that possibly this
county was further advanced in the
efficient handling of low grade
dolly" cotton than any other sec
tion of the south, this on account
o, the fact that large interests are
located here, in this line. who have
taken a great deal of pride in the
fact that boil cotton was first ginned
in this county and that the machin-
cry that does the work was manu-
factured here
1t was brought out at the recen,
hearing of the corporation commits
sion held in this city, that oklahoma
farmers would receive over ten mil
lion dollars for boil cotton this sea-
son, while in the state of Arkansas
twice this amount was going to
waste. the reason being that the
rvn-progressive Arkansas ginner had
failed to keep abreast of the times
and furnish machinery that would
handle this class of cotton, while
the Oklahoma ginners had continu-
cusy installed new machinery and
were able to gin boil cotton almost
as well as picked cotton. -