The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-14
SEASON s RUN
Of COTTON OIL
MILLS STARTED
Two Of chiekasha's Largest Indus
tries Resume Operations; Man.
apers Estimate About 10000
Tons Seed De Crushed.
EXTENSIVE REPAIRS
MADE DURING SUMMER
Prairie RebuiIds eIn Seed House
Part Of chIekasha company's
Plants Remain Closed: About
100 Men Employed Here.

Ihe Two cotton oil mills here ex
pect TO crush approximately 26O0c
tons of cotton seed during the fall
aud winter. according to the man
ayers OF the plants.
After being closed down for re
pairs during the summer months,
operation OF the chiekasha Cotton
oil company's mill In the northeast
crn section Of the city was resumed
this week The Prairie Cotton Oh
company's mill In the Frisco add.
iion viii be put into operation some
time within the next two weeks. a.
5. Roberts. general manager OF the
company. announced today. Exten.
sive repairs have been made in this
plant during the summer. The com
pany's large seed house which was
destroyed In storm April s has
been replaced by new structure.
so feet by $50 feet. with a storage
capacity of 7,0C0 tons.
Manager Roberts expects TO crush
at least 10000 tons in the Prairie
companys plant here.
Repaires costing approximately
$4,000 have been made In the Chick
asha Cotton oil company's plant,
according to G. p. Lannon's. general
superintendent OF the companys
mills. MIR. Lannon's stated that only
three--those located at Chickasha.
Altus and Hobart-of the company's
eight cotton oil mills in the state
will be put in operation this season.
THE plants at Duncan. Lawton, Clin-
ton. Frederick and Snyder will re-
main closed. he said Seed which.
under normal conditions would be
sent to these mills will be crushed
in the three mills now In operation.
Approximately 10000 tons of cot
ton seed were crushed in the Chick
asha Cotton Oil companys plant
here last fall and winter. This
volume of seed produced about GA
900 gallons of cotton seed oil in adj
dition to the by.products-cotton
seed huls. meal and linters. Mr.
Lannon's expects the local mill to
handle approximately the same
amount of seed this year but .he
predicts a decrease in the produc-
tion of cotton seed oil Last season,
an average of 80 gallons of oil
were obtained from every ton of
cotton seed crushed in the Chick
asha plant. Mr.. Lannon's does not
expect the production this year to
exceed 81 gallons per ton because
of the drouth in this section of the
state.
The general rain which fell in
this part Of the state several days
ago may help the quality OF cotton
seed produced on the bottom farms,
but the quality Of the average seed
will be extremely low, Mr.. Lannon's
said.
While the yield will be smaller,
the acreage in the district from
which the Chickasha companys
mill obtains its raw product, is APP
proximately 35 per cent larger than
the 1921 acreage. For this reason
Mr.. Lannon's does not expect a seed
shortage. He expects to keep the
Chickasha mill in operation up to
the latter part Of February or early
in March. The Prairie Cotton Oll
company also expects to keep It's
plant in operation up to that time
Cotton seed oil, cake, meal and
hulls manufactured in the two local
mills will be shipped to almost ev'
cry state in the union, according to
officials of the companies. A large
volume is consumed in the cattle
fattening pens here where thou
sands Of head of cattle are fattenec
every winter and fall The feec
wards here are said to be the lafg
est exclusive cattle fattening pens
in the UHlteu Dtdtcn.
The Prairie company's plant ha'
a capacity to crush 120 tons Of sect
every "a hours. The capacity Q
the other mill here is approximatel.
100 tons per day Both plants ar
operated every hour of the day ant
night during the operating season
Nearly 100 men are employed in tn
two plants which represent an II
vestment Of huge sum OF money
Operating season of the local col
ton oil mills usually starts som
time during the latter part of Sci
tember or early in October. b
cause of the early opening of tn
cotton, the season this year opene
unusually early.