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VOLUME 75, NUMBER 7 'Our 75th Year' JA N U A RY, 1971 Bleached vegetable oil. In the Funda it can't get soaked up by the waste clay.

De Laval’s Funda* processor air and steam-blowing produced labor and oil savings is the most efficient way to remove operation ensures maxi­ which more than paid for the cost bleaching clay from vegetable oil. mum recovery of oil of the unit by the end of the first You get higher oil yield with from the cake, the entire year’s operation. the Funda because more oil is bundle is rotated and Get the complete Funda story. removed from the bleaching clay. the clay discharged by Just write The De Laval Separator Only the Funda can guarantee centrifugal force. Company, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12602.' De Laval’s Funda processor is 30% or less oil residual in ‘ Funda is a TM of CHEMAP AG, Mannedorf- self-cleaning. And since no manual Zurich. The Funda is m anufactured in the U.S.A. the spent clay. by the De Laval Separator Co. under license from CHEMAP AG, Mannedorf-Zurich. What makes the Funda so labor is required you can save efficient is its special horizontal on plant maintenance costs. © 1970, The De Laval Separator Company A large southern oil processor, to filter leaf design. The cite just one example, discovered D E LAVAL filter leaves are evenly that bleaching with the Funda spaced on top of one another on a hollow, vertical central shaft. The oil with the bleaching clay enters the Funda and is passed through the filter leaves. The clay collects on top of the leaves, while the oil is discharged through the hollow shaft Because the unit's leaves are horizontal, cake stability is maintained throughout a run. Even a complete loss of feed pressure will not cause loss of the filter cake. During the filtration and oil removal operations, the filter leaf bundle of the Funda is static. Afterwards, when a combination Oil M ill Gazetteer

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That’s why you can expect Skellysolve and to get maximum oil yield with improved oil color, odor and low refining loss. discover how Whatever your solvent problem, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss it with many problems you —and show you how switching to Skelly­ that can solve! solve can help you end that pain in the profits. SKELLYSOLVE SERVING INDUSTRY FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITH QUALITY SOLVENTS MANUFACTURED BY SKELLY OIL COMPANY Marketing Headquarters Kansas City, Mo. 64141 Area Code 816, L0 1-3575 an I pr I ini Pollution Control For Oil Mills* j tei i ar I te: an particularly difficult. That is, technology has the an­ swers and the capability of meeting existing and foresee- > The Oilseed Industryable regu lation s in both air and w ater pollution control. But because these regu lation s are fa r beyond current I (and the) practices, the industry has within itself limited experience I in attacking such problems. It is faced, therefore, because Pollution Controlo f this lim ited experience and the lim ited tim e available, with two basic alternates in seeking assistance. These are the independent consultant or the equipment supplier. Consultant In the beginning it was mentioned that one of the fac­ tors in determ ining i f a consultant should be employed was a definition of the job to be done. It is human nature B y to underestimate the magnitude of an unfamiliar project Charles W . Dean, President and w e know this is true in solvin g pollu tion problems. Enviro-Trol, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee It appears simple enough on the surface to add more ef­ ficient equipment to an existing operation but many COMPANY or an Industry at one time or another is factors must be considered before the best solution is found. Fig. 1 shows the major items which must be eval­ A faced with problems which appear to require outside uated in solving an air pollution problem. ( water pollu­ help and bring up the question: Shall we consult a con­ tion problem would show a similar outline.) sultant? Obviously there is no ready made answer and this decision must be made as are other business decisions. As shown, to arrive at the proper solution requires a That is, by a careful analysis of all the factors involved firm knowledge and study of: and then reaching a decision on the basis most favorable to 1. Air quality and emission standards which must be the company. Among the conditions that can be examined met. are internal experience available in the company itself. 2. The types of equipmentthat are both available and The oilseed industry, like many others, is for the first capable of meeting these standards. time facing stringent pollution regulations. How stringent will be the subject of the next speaker on the program to­ 3. Process requirements:It is in this area that the con­ day, but in comparison to present practice you will find sultant can frequently render the greatest service. Because them quite restrictive. As these regulations are enforced, the result will be the expenditure of sizeable sums of money. This is inevitable because no longer will the eco­ FIGURE 1. Criteria For Selection of Gas Cleaning nomic value of a plant to the community be a considera­ Equipment tion in correcting a pollution problem. All plants will have to meet essentially equal criteria or else they will be shut down. It is important to note that Congress has passed most of the laws necessary for the governmnet to enforce these regulations should the state authorities not do so. It sometimes seems, to the plant manager or owner, a bitter pill to swallow to have to make expenditures for equipment that are not going to improve his product or lower his costs. Nevertheless, such expenditures will have Electrostatic Wet M echanical After- | to be made and the cost of producing a product is going I filte r | precipitator collector collector burner to increase in most cases. However, there is a much bright­ er side to this picture than this. If all competitors have to abide by the same rules (as they will) then no one has — 'eIgnition point an unfair advantage and the manager who can solve his ^ Volume P Size Si; distribution u g.y Temperature problems with the least expenditure will be in a better AtAbrasiveness Moisture content HygroscopicH, nature z S competitive position than heretofore. Society in the final — S Corrosiveness Process Electrical properties £ u analysis must pay for pollution control but society is now ^ ro Odor Grain loading di £ <3 Explosiveness Density and shape -5 spending for pollution billions of dollars per year. It is just Viscosity Physical properties possible that pollution control may not cost society signifi­ Waste treatm ent Plant Water availability cantly more than pollution itself and at the same time Space restriction facility Heat recovery it can enjoy a more livable environment. What we are Product recovery Fuel and energy availability Power really doing in controlling pollution is “internalizing” the Engineering studies' Waste disposal cost of pollution, and this is certainly where the cost c Hardware Water £ Auxiliary equipment Cost of M aterials .c jjj should be shown. £ Land control Gas conditioning wi The plant manager must therefore decide how he can £ Structures Labor I a J Installation Taxes O to solve his problem at the lowest possible cost. The so­ Start-up . Insurance lutions to the problems in the oilseed industry are not t ca Selected gas ha cleaning system •The following two papers were presented to the Tri-States Oil Mill pa Superintendents Association Regional Meeting, December 5, Tupelo, sh Mississippi. Desired emission rate air and water have been very cheap raw materials up to the erative approach. This is the possibility of obtaining a present time, their use has been lavish. In many cases an government grant to pay for at least a part of the basic intelligent study o f the use o f air and w ater can m a­ study. We have been assured that if an association such terially reduce the size of the equipment required. Costs as the TSOMSA formulates a program to solve an in­ are directly related to size and hence they will be ma­ dustry-wide pollution problem within certain guidelines, terially reduced together. F or a com plete study, sam pling and agrees to fund it 50-50 with the government such a and analysis will many times be required. proposal will be most favorably received by the NAPCA a n - 4. The plant facility: What is the availability of water, or FWQA or other research group. Grants with 100 per see - i fuel, power, space, product recovery? When can recycling cent government funding are also possible but the diffi­ tro l. or reuse be considered ? Or recovery of energy such as culties in obtaining them are enormous. re n t I heat? How will the industrial hygiene of the plant be af­ In summary, we have said: ;n c e I 1. The oilseed industry must solve problems in the lu s e r fected ? very near future in which it has had very little ible, | 5. Costs: Purchase cost of equipment is usually the experience. are minor cost. The maintenance and operating costs, installa­ tion cost, insurance costs and all such related costs must 2. Many factors of importance to the lowest cost solu­ f a c - also be considered. tion of these problems have not been adequately >yed 6. Secondary problems: In solving one type of pollution studied to date. ture ■ problem another may be created. For example, the re­ 3. The best source of outside assistance is the unbiased 'ject | covered material from an air pollution control system and experienced consultant who has management’s :ms. must be disposed of. Will it create a stream pollution objective to find the lowest cost solution. problem or a solid waste problem ? Can it be recycled or ef‘ I 4. A cooperative study by an association such as the a n y can it be sold ? TSOMSA will produce better results at the least cost i is We think it is apparent that an equipment manufacturer to its individual member. v a l- cannot afford to undertake such a study as is outlined 5. There is a distinct possibility of obtaining a research illu - above. In the first place the reason for the study is to grant from the government for such a cooperative minimize equipment costs and secondly to select the study, particularly on a 50-50 fund sharing basis. most suitable equipment available. Both these objectives The problem is here; the time is short. We urge you to have to be compromised by the equipment manufacturer take immediate action in whatever direction you decide to for obvious reasons. go because delays will mean crash programs, lawsuits and The next question is: Must each mill, in an industry costly solutions. where each operation is as similar to the others as in the and oilseed industry, undertake to determine these basic facts for itself. We do not think so. The better and lower cost way would be a cooperative approach. The industry ex­ changes information on cleaners, stoners, saws, hullers, Current Pollution Control flakers and all the rest. Why not share solutions to pol­ lution problems ? This cooperative approach could be best Laws and Regulations of handled through an existing trade association such as the TSOMSA. The association would pay for the study from The Oilseed Industry its treasury or by special assessment of the membership. The results of the study would be sent to all members for their utilization as they saw fit. We visualize such a pro­ By EDWARD F. WILLIAMS, III, Environmental gram would proceed as follows: Engineer, EXVIRO-TROL, Inc., and State Representative, Tennessee General Assembly 1. Appointment of a committee of members to hire and work with the consultant. NTIL THREE YEARS AGO, pollution control regu­ 2. Formulation of the objectives of and procedures U lations in the mid-south area had almost no effect for the study. upon the oilseed industry. Although some states, such 3. The study started and progress reports made to the as Tennessee, have had stream pollution control regula­ !j committee with adjustments in procedures made if tions for nearly 20 years, few oil mills had ever been found desirable. involved with the enforcement agency handling that pro­ gram, and it is only during the most recent times that 4. The final report written and discussed in a meeting there has been any emphasis at all on air pollution control. of the committee andor the enti remembhsrie,f Now the situation has changed. The need for pollution of the committee and/or the entire membership of control is receiving tremendous publicity, and public sup­ the association. port is mounting. Although this intense interest may 5. The utilization of the report by the individual mills. diminish, there can be no doubt that the regulations and The advantages of such an approach are: laws which it generates will remain with us. Conse­ 1. Lower cost to the individual mill. quently, all industries are going to have to accept the 2. A more comprehensive study is possible because of fact that pollution control measures are here to stay as the involvement of more people and more funds avail­ a cost of doing business. able than in a sin gle m ill. My purpose is to discuss the present regulations and It should be em phasized, how ever, th at the consultant potential future regulations which effect oil mills in the will have to spend time at each individual mill desiring tri-state area. I feel quite certain that most mills will to utilize the findings of the study. This is required be­ have trouble with air pollution regulations to a greater cause there are differences in mills and adaptations will degree than those effecting waste water. Consequently, have to be made. We feel the individual mill will have to I intend to delve into the air pollution control regulations pay for this phase of the program. However, this cost much more thoroughly than those on water pollution, but should be minor. I want to touch upon the water measures first. There is still another reason why we suggest the coop­ Many cities and towns in the south do not now have sewage treatment facilities, or if they do, they are inade­ liquids discharged into the air. We see its visible effects p quate. This means that we are going to see a lot of in the griminess of masonry buildings, the shortened life f p activity in this area during the next few years. Since of house paint, the mysterious death of vegetation, and \ a most oil mills are located in such towns or cities, they in som e areas, housew ives notice its e ffe c t upon laundry. I are going to feel a direct effect from this. Although the H ow ever, the area o f greatest d an ger is not as readily oil mills themselves may not be required to install treat­ apparent. This involves lung damage. As particulate ment facilities, the cost of building and operating the matter collects in the lungse it contributes to the deteri- ’j municipal facilities is going to be passed along to them oration of internal cell walls. A normal teenager has a t when it is applied to all industries which send waste water lung cap acity fo u r tim es that necessary to sustain life. e to a municipal sewage treatment plant. There are two As we get older and the cell walls in our lungs break c possibilities. One is that the oil mills, along with all dow n, lung cap acity can be reduced to the point where v other industries, will be required to pay sewage fees on we are able to absorb only enough oxygen to stay alive. t both the volume of waste water and content (measured This is one of the reasons that youngsters have a greater j in biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids). ability to participate in sports than older people. Damage | < The other is the possibility that smaller towns, or even to the lungs caused by particulate matter hastens this t large cities with inadequate treatment plants, will find it aging process. In our area of the south, particulate t necessary to limit the B.O.D. and suspended solids levels matter is a relatively greater air pollution problem than of sewage which can be dumped into the city sewage in other areas of the country, simply because we do not system . suffer from many of the other types of air pollution which Jj are found in areas such as the east and west coast. For 1 Memphis is an example of a city which has just recently instance, autom oible em isions o f hydrocarbons, nitrous i adopted a sewage fee ordinance. There is no restriction on the amount of B.O.D. and suspended solids which may oxides, and oth er photochem ical agen ts w hich can produce smog do not represent a great problem for us because we i be placed in the sewer as long as the industries involved do not have the same meteorological conditions found in pay the required fee. However, this is prohibitive in some \ those other areas of the country. The inversions which cases. Oil mills which have waste oil in their sewage will hold dangerous automobile emissions in the air over Los , find their B.O.D. levels to be quite high. B.O.D. concen­ Angeles rarely occur in the air over the Mississippi Valley. trations in levels about 3,000 ppm are not uncommon. As Weather bureau data indicates that Memphis has an aver­ a result, it may be possible to justify centrifuging of age of only one inversion of four days duration each year, waste water with the savings not only from the sewer whereas many coastal or mountainous communities may t fee, but also from the recovery of oil and meal. experience such inversions durin g m ore than one-third The second possibility can also effect oil mills which of the year. For this reason, the air pollution regulations ' do not have waste-oil separation equipment. Nashville is in our area do not have to be as stringent as they are in i one of the cities which is currently considering a limitation others in order to provide our people with the same health i on the B.O.D. levels of waste water which can be dumped protection. into the city sewer system. Again this is most likely to help the justification of centrifuges. N everth eless, since oil m ills are m ost apt to discharge In either case, most oil mills will have a little time particulate matter into the atmosphere, they are still going before they are directly affected by these sewerage regula­ to be a prime target for whatever air pollution regulations tions. On the other hand, air pollution control laws and are drawn by southern states. I am going to talk about regulations are of a much more immediate concern. the regulations in use in the states of Tennessee, Missis­ Almost all oil mills will be affected by them, and in most sippi, and Arkansas. areas regulations are already being enforced. R egu la tion s in these states have been draw n on differing i In the south, the most common form of air pollution theories of air pollution control. Tennessee uses the dis­ is particulate matter. This means suspended solids or persion theory. T h is m ans that i f particles are discharged high enough into the air through tall smoke stacks or through transportation by hot gases, the pollutants will be widely dispersed and thinned out enough that they will REPLACEMENT STEAM COOKER & D. T. not be harmful when they return to earth where they can be breathed by humans. If there were enough wide BOTTOMS & RINGS open space this might be a very sound theory. However, in areas of heavy population density, the cumulative effect Any size or typo for any make of equipment o f several n eigh b orin g industries d isch argin g particulate ALL WELDED ASME CODE CONSTRUCTION matter into the atmosphere may totally offset any dis­ persion effects. In addition, regulations of this type dis­ Southern Boiler & Tank Works, Inc. criminate against industries which have short stacks and low discharge temperatures. The oil mills would com­ Serving the Oil Mill Industry Since 1914 monly fall into this category and tend to suffer by this P. O. Box 7274 Memphis, Tennessee 38107 type of regulation. Telephone 901-527-7371 Mississippi on the other hand uses the process emission approach which states that an industry may put only so many pounds of dust particles into the air per hour for J im WM. C. ELLIS & SONS “ r Manufacturers of Oil Mill Machinery ROLL GRINDING

FR O N T & LIN D EN STS. Phone: (901) 525-0569 MEMPHIS, TENN. so many pounds of product handled through the process pollution control equipment has been determined. The per hour. This approach limits the total amount of state does not push for this determination, unless it particulates which can be placed in the air from all sources receives some complaint. This means that oil mills located and is gaining favor with most pollution control experts. within cities, towns, or otherwise densely populated com­ In addition, it is much fairer to smaller companies. munities, may be forced to comply with the Mississippi regulations long before those which are located away A third approach is most nearly a combination of the from population centers. Tennessee and M ississippi regulation s, and is bein g used There is also the possibility that the Mississippi Air by the State of Arkansas. There, air pollution control and Water Pollution Commission may set a specific date equipment is required to m eet certain standards o f e f fi­ for compliance by a specific industry. This has already ciency in the rem oval o f pollutants. In addition, the air happened in the case of cotton gins which are required which passes over a plant must not pick up concentra­ to stop burning trash in “teepee” burners by July 1, 1971, tions of particulate matter above a certain level. This unless the burners can meet the Mississippi Air Pollution is measured by tests upwind and downwind of the plant. Control regulations no matter where the cotton gins are Since the purpose of all pollution control regulations is located. Conceivably the same thing could happen to oil to limit contamination of the air, the Arkansas regulations mills in the cast of dust emissions. However, the Missis­ may theoretically be the most effective in obtaining de­ sippi process emission regulations are lenient enough that sired health benefits. Now let us discuss the specifics in these regulations and how they are applied to oil m ills. In Tennessee, the ^Guaranteed... State Air Pollution Control Board ex­ ercises authority over only 97 o f the 95 counties. The other four— Shelby, Knox, Davidson, and Hamilton— have been allowed to set up their own regu­ lations as lon g as they are m ore 240 TONS stringent than those o f the state. Generally they are, and th ey are much closer to the A rkansas and M ississippi emission regulations than they are to the Tennessee theory of control. In the 91 counties all industries were required to report an inventory of their air pollution emissions by August 9, 1970. Many industries failed to meet this deadline and the State Air Pollution Control D ivision is currently making a survey to fin d those who failed to report. W hen subm itted, these reports will be used to determine whether the individual industries are in compliance with the present state regulations. I f they are not, they will be given until February 9 to either meet the requirements or report the specific steps and dates w hich w ill be Roskamp-Langhurst followed to com e into com pliance. In the four municipal counties the sched­ ule varies. Memphis requires all in­ 28 x 52 FLAKING MILL cinerators to be in com pliance by M ay, 1971, and all other pollution sources That 240 ton per day capacity is absolutely guaranteed in flak­ to meet the Memphis regulations by ing cracked soybeans down to .008 inches — more with oil May, 1972. However, there are few oil filled rolls. The Roskamp-Langhurst Flaking Mill was designed mills in Tennessee. to provide maximum throughput in a given floor space. Roll In Mississippi the regulations have pressure is fully hydraulically controlled. Large diameter of already gone into effect and all in­ the rolls means more flaking area positive nip on oversize dustries within the state are supposed material. Largest roll bearings and journals are mated to the to have reported the existence of their heaviest frame construction in the industry. For further informa­ tion write or call Roskamp Manufacturing, Inc. today. air pollution outlets and pollution con­ trol equipment in order to obtain temporary perm its. U nder the M is­ Roskamp Mfg., Inc. sissippi regulations, com panies m av 626 Grand Blvd., Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613 continue to operate under a tempo­ rary permit on an almost indefinite Phone: 319/266-1792 basis, until the adequacy of their J any oil mill which has good dust collecting equipment and keeps it in good running order should be able to pass the requirements to move from a temporary permit to a “Permit to Operate.” Arkansas has also put its regulations into effect, and all industries in the state were supposed to have regis­ tered their air pollution control equipment and uncontrolled discharges of air contaminants no later than ninety days after July 30, 1969. New industries or expansions of existing equipment are supposed to secure a permit from the Arkansas Pollution Control Commission before con­ struction is even started if there is to be any discharge into the air. The commission will review plans to de­ termine compliance before granting the permit.

Existing industries were allowed to make a self-determi­ Shown above, left to right, are officials attending the nation of compliance, and if they are not meeting regu­ award presentations to Southern’s Greenville mill: Hubert lations, they were expected to offer a schedule for com­ Mills, representative, International Chemical Workers pliance. Many have not done this, and the Pollution Union; James Holloway, superintendent Greenville plant, Control Commission is currently engaged in tracking down Southern Cotton Oil Mill, Greenville, M iss.; Myron Kolb, the firms which have not taken action. The risk for manager of Greenville mill; Roy Castillow, district engi­ companies which have not voluntarily made some move neer, Southern Cotton Oil Company; M. J. Hattier, safety in that direction is that the state may arbitrarily set a director, Southern Cotton Oil Company, New Orleans; date for complance which will require an expensive “crash” Julian Watkins, safety consultant, Employers Insurance program to meet. of Wausau. Consequently, my final message is that it may be more economical to spend a little money now to determine where you stand than to wait until you're forced to do So/s Greenville Plant Wins Awards something under pressure, which may cost far more. The coveted trophy for the most improved plant in all of Norton Simon, Inc., was awarded to the Greenville plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. John Graddy, formerly with Arkansas Grain Corpora­ In addition to the coveted trophy the mill also was tion, has joined the sales staff of William P. Miller and aw arded the y ea rly sa fety plaque in the oil m ill division Co., commodity brokerage firm in Memphis. of the company. Mill superintendent, James Holloway, said, “This covers a period of 630 working days without a lost-time accident.” Myron Kolb is manager of this plant. Company personnel present to honor the occasion from INDUSTRIAL PLANT New Orleans were: Walton Smith, C. E., John Howard, engineer; Milton Hattier, safety director; and Fred Schaff. Also attending was Roy Castillow, district engineer, Mem­ WIRING phis; S. S. C rom er, m an ager em eritus, G reenville, Missis­ sippi; Hubert Mills, representative of International Chem­ BLACK & DECKER ical Workers Union; Julian Watkins, safety consultant, ELECTRIC TOOLS Employers Insurance of Wausau. Superintendents from other plants in the company were: Clarence Hendrix, New­ port, Arkansas; Charles Hammett, New Roads, Louisiana; GATES A. J. Porter, Memphis; Frank Gourdon, Little Rock, Ar­ kansas, and H. M. Easley, Natchitoches, Louisiana. V-BELT DRIVES Ginning Near Completion In Mid-So. Only a small percentage of the mid-south’s cotton har­ vesting remained by the latter part of December. Ginning to December 13 amounted to 1,005,150 bales in WESTINGHOUSE Arkansas; 515,815 bales in Louisiana; 1,590,708 bales in Mississippi; 214,380 bales in Missouri and 378,472 bales in MOTORS Tennessee. Nashville Mill Has Fire WE RE-WIND, REPAIR, RENT, BUY AND EXCHANGE The bad dream that haunts all oil mill superintendents MOTORS AND GENERATORS came true on December 4, for Marshall Woodyard, super­ Write, Phone or Wire intendent o f the N ashville C otton Oil M ill, Nashville, Tennessee. SHELBY ELECTRIC CO. The 5,000 ton house had a composition roof and burned in less than an hour according to Mr. Woodyard. He said SERVICE and SUPPLIES t&at cottonseed were still coming in and that at present Memphis, Tenn. 112 E. Crump Blvd. Phone 948-1546 he was running on seed from other storage. The fire-damaged seed is being, processed by the West Memphis Oil Mill in West Memphis, Arkansas. New REVOLVING SCREEN t CLEAN a ir

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THE UNPRECEDENTED WARM weather changed the Charles Meader, presided during the meeting and at the plans of some TSOMSA members who had planned attend­ conclu sion asked fo r questions fro m the flo o r. A lively ing the regional meeting in Tupelo, Mississippi. With cot­ discussion developed betw een R oy C astillow and Frank ton gins running long hours caused by the unusually warm, McDonald regarding governmental regulation expectations ideal cotton picking and soybean harvesting weather, but in reference to privately owned and co-operative indus­ producing last minute storage problems for oil mill super­ tries. intendents, many had to reverse week-end plans and stay Meeting adjourned with the announcement of the ‘happy home attending to this situation. hour cocktail party’ being sponsored by Riverside Indus­ Attendance was in the nineties and those attending the tries, Tupelo Oil Mill and The Armory Cotton Oil Co. knowledgeable session in the afternoon were complimented before the dinner hour. by Charles W. Dean, speaker, who said, “You gentlemen During the charcoal broiled steak dinner, acknowledge­ are a dedicated group to be meeting on this particularly ment and applause was paid to the Gillentines (Mildred crowded football week-end.” and Ottis) and the Jones (Erlene and Earnest) families Business pertaining to the organization was dispensed for achieving another exceptionally good regional meeting with to allow time for the speakers to fully present their at the Natchez Trace Inn. subjects. The lively dance music by the Delta Five Merchants Speakers were secured by Frank McDonald, program Band kept many of the tables vacant except during inter­ chairm an. missions, and chit-chat and news between friends was Picturesque colored slides, taken by Frank Boling, Jr. nearly nil as everyone seemed to be wearing their dancing when he visited the Bauermeister factory in Germany, shoes. Cargill in Holland, and other points of interest, were shown by him with personal comments. Members having the misfortune of missing this meeting Opportune subjects on air and water pollution control ju st lost ou t on a fin e day as the chairm en , O ttis Gillen- were given by Charles W. Dean and Edward Williams, III, tine, TSOMSA president, and Earnest Jones had a well with reference to the oilseed crushing plants and their planned meeting and entertainment schedule for the mem­ future in combatting this urgent problem under govern­ bers. mental regulations, trends and deadlines. (Mr. Dean’s Those attending the meeting were: and Mr. Williams’ papers appear elsewhere in this issue). Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Anderson, Memphis; Mayor and Mrs. Jam es B allard, T u pelo, M iss.; M r. and M rs. I. C. Beardain, Marks, Miss.; Bill Bartlett, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boling, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Campany, Jonestown, Miss.; Roy t/ec/rii Castillow and son Bobby, Memphis; Tom Chambers; John Covington, Kosciusko, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cook, West Memphis; Charles W. Dean, Memphis; Warren Durham, New Or­ leans; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Easley, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs, H. M. Easley, Natchitoches, La.; Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Easley, Walls, Miss.; Bennie Franks, Pine Bluff; Mr. and Mrs. George L. & Franks, Memphis; TRI-STATE ARMATURE Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Gillentine, Tupelo; Mr. and Mrs. ELECTRICAL WORKS, Inc. Frank Gourdon, Little Rock; Elmer Graves, Pine Bluff; 330 CALHOUN • P. O. BOX 2646 • MEMPHIS, TENN. 38102 Mr. and Mrs. Granville Heckle, Memphis; Allen Held, Phone—Day or Night: 527-8412 St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hendrix, Newport,

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JOE MARIENCHECK LEATHER: Belts—Belt Dressing—Belt Hooks—Lace Leather—Cotton Belting GOODYEAR Industrial Rubber Products: Plylon—Conveyor—Transmission—V-Belts Fire—Air Hose—Pliobond Cement—Duck Tape CHESTERTON: Packing-Seals 265 Exchange (901) Day Phone 525-3472 Memphis, Tenn. 38105 Night Phone 458-5303 Ark.; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holloway, Greenville, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammett, New Roads, La.; U. S. Cottonseed Oil Supply This Year Mrs. Delores Huff, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jen­ Under Last Season's By 12% nings, Clarksdale, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest V. Jones, The United States supply of cottonseed oil this season Amory, Miss.; (carryover August 1, 1970 plus 1970-71 production) is esti­ Henry Kirkwood, Oklahoma City; F. C. Klees, Minnea­ mated at 1,500,000,000 pounds, down 12 per cent from last polis, M innesota; season’s supply. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ledbetter, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Domestic use of cottonseed oil this season is expected Archie T. Leyba, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Letch- to total about 1,100,000,000 pounds, the same as a year worth, Leland, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Layton Luttrell, Mem­ earlier. Cottonseed oil is used in making shortening, phis; J. E. L oon ey, M arshall, T exas margarine, and salad and cooking oils — the latter ac­ Mr. and Mrs. Frank McDonald, Helena, Ark.; Mr. and counting for about three-fifths of total domestic use. Mrs. Joe Mariencheck, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cottonseed oil exports this marketing year may total Meador, Tupelo; Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Moore, Memphis; 300,000,000 pounds, down from exports of 437,000,000 Ken Olsen, Kansas City, Kans.; Fletcher Perry, Mem­ pounds last season when CCC sold large quantities into phis; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearson, Marks, Miss.; Tom­ export channels. my Poff, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Porter, Memphis; Mr. P. G. Richardson, Memphis; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond NCPA Awards Meal Research Grant Rush, Jackson, M iss.; The NCPA, Memphis, has made a research grant to Allan Scott, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Skinner, Mem­ Texas A&M University to study the use of cottonseed phis; U. C. Sum m ers, M em phis; T. C. Sum m ers, M em phis; meal in swine rations. Allen Smith, M em phis; Mr. and M rs. Buddy Stovall, T u ­ It was pointed out that swine production is expanding pelo; Ray Schw ill, M em phis; in the cotton producing states and offers a growing poten­ Mr. and Mrs. Roger Terry, Memphis; LeRoy Venne, tial market for cottonseed meal. Minneapolis; The grant will assist in research designed to establish Edward Williams, Memphis; A. L. Wiley, Memphis; the proper usage of cottonseed meal in gestation-lactation R. E. W oodyard, M em phis. rations for swine, an area where little work has been done. Ladies Treated To Luncheon, Style Show and Favors Ladies attending the TSOMSA regional meeting in Tupelo w ere served a d elig h tfu l b u ffe t luncheon and a showing of the latest fashions from the Nell-Ann Shop while seated at tables decorated in the Christmas motif. Models from the TSOMSA group were Mrs. (Erlene) Call Lewis Supply Co. Jones, Mrs. (Mildred) Gillentine and her two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Mildred) White and Mrs. Phil (Sylvia) Nanney. Clothes displayed covered arou n d -th e-clock fash ion s from The Leading 'GENERAL LINE' casual, daytim e, evening, and sleep w ear. Each guest received a box of Russell Stover candy Industrial Supply Company in This Area from J. D. H eckle B eltin g C om pany and a purse size b o t­ tle of hand lotion from the fashion shop. Lucky recipients of the two door prizes were Mrs. D. M. Ledbetter, win­ Why Shop Around When You Can Obtain ning the knife donated by Dabney-Hoover Supply Com­ All Your Mill Suppplies From One Source. pany; and Mrs. M. L. Skinner winning the $25.00 gift certificate from the dress shop. Among other guests attending the luncheon were: Mrs. Home of Nationally Advertised Products Delores H u ff, M rs. G. M. H eck le, M rs. Jack Jenn ings, M rs. Archie Leyba, M rs. R o g e r T erry , M rs. C larence H endrix, DIAMOND - DODGE - FAFNIR - HANCOCK Mrs. Frank Boling, Mrs. Stanley Campany, Mrs. Charles POWELL - JAMES BURY - LUBRIPLATE Meador, Mrs. R ob ert D. P ea rson , M rs. I. C. B eardain , M rs. Paul Strobaugh, Mrs. Frank L. McDonald, Mrs. Layton SCREW CONVEYOR - W ABCO - DRESSER Luttrell, Mrs. R aym ond Rush, M rs. M artin L etch w orth , Mrs. J. C. Holloway, Mrs. Lucile Gourdon, Mrs. Earl and MANY MORE Easley, Mrs. C harles H am m ett, M rs. A . J. P orter, M rs. H. M. Easley, Mrs. Joe Mariencheck and Mildred Easley. The gracious hostesses, Mrs. (Mildred) Gillentine and Mrs. (Erlene) Jones were complimented and thanked by the guests for the well-timed fashion show and luncheon. LEWIS SUPPLY CO. Rumor claims after the luncheon several ladies were seen 477 SO. M AIN ST., MEMPHIS, TENN. 38102 PHONE 525-6871 rushing to find their husbands before continuing on to the Nell-Ann Shop.

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By ALLEN SMITH, Consultant the equipm ent, am sure it w ill not be m u ch ” . A fte r saying' Memphis, Tennessee OK, the trials and tribulations started. It is always wise to see your doctor before going on OSSIBLY, THE BEST WAY to start this summary is a tour of this nature. Physically OK, yet you need a pass­ P to quote from the Oil Mill Gazetteer—“Neumunz port and a certificate from the Public Health Department. completes Peanut Installation in Kuliarchar, East Paki­ Remember too, it is most wise to take all the required stan. Allen Smith, Perkins Oil Co., Memphis, Tenn. has shots and if your body can stand any more antibiotics take just returned from the overseas M. Neumunz & Sons, them too. It is a blessing that this admonition was fol­ Inc. assignment in East Pakistan. George Neumunz reports low ed : that he has successfully commissioned a new peanut oil July 6, the plane left Memphis for San Francisco; in installation, supplied by the Neumunz firm, at the Ground the afternoon same day, the passport book w^as made in Nut Oil Mills in Kuliarchar, East Pakistan.”-— readiness for entry into Japan and Pakistan. July 7, departed for Tokyo via Anchorage, Alaska in the Really, you would have to go see for yourselves to big, big 747. Somewhere between Alaska and Japan we lost fully appreciate the remark, it is good to be back— truly, a day, arriving in Tokyo on the eighth, even though the it is a mighty fine feeling. same sun had just gone down. In Tokyo, it was necessary At the request of our editor, Kris Smith, you have in the to meet the Japanese who w^ere employed by the same firm first person a short summary of some of his trials and that had sold the oil mill equipment to the East Pakistan tribulations; they were many. Industrial Development Corporation. The latter part of last June, George Neumunz telephoned July 9, departed Tokyo about 3 p.m. arrived Dacca, East and asked if it would be possible for my going to Pakistan Pakistan about 8 p.m., same day. to start-up a ground nut oil mill. The full truth of the sit­ In Dacca, it was good to have been met by two Japa­ uation started to ooze following a meeting with George in nese, one was from mill site, the other from the Sales Oklahoma City, at the IOMSA convention. “Doc”, he said, Agency located in Dacca. It will not be mentioned why my “the whole job of installation is not completely finished luggage passed customs so quickly, but it did. and there just may be a slight amount of rechecking of A much needed rest was taken in the Inter-Continental Hotel, Dacca. The next day, an official from EPIDC the Japanese and myself went by train, there are no roads, to K u liarch ar (m ill s ite ). The distance is on ly about 62 miles —the time took about four and one-fourth hours. On arriving at mill site a quick inspection of the instal­ lation was made. It was generally agreed by some six or eight persons that only about 15 - 20 per cent of the re­ quired work had been finished. This is when and where my trials and tribulations got under way. The n ext day w e all, in cluding three Japanese, (plant site) railed back to Dacca to have a conference with the senior EPIDC officials. At the meeting, following charges and counter charges the erection contractor was asked by the officials to get something done in the way of supplying means of finishing the job. At this date, there were no tools, simple tools like wrenches or files. There was a

Paksoy and Allen Smith greet each other at Paksoy Allen Smith is pictured at new mill site in Kubarchar, mill in Adana, Turkey. Pakistan. jack from the only automobile in Kuliarcher, a modified three electrical panels had been tested. We were now Jeep. Picture, an “F” 88 Screw press to be placed on foun­ ready to start that part of the project that the operator dation and not h aving a single ja ck or chain hoist. The had first been asked to do. It was first agreed that the absence of scaffolding presented another “seek and search” total time away from home would be not more than 60 problem. The roof to the press room was of concrete, how­ days. ever, built to support its own weight only. Down the At this phase, the allotted time had expired. There countryside, the EPIDC fortunately, had some old 10 inch was nothing left to do except try for the qualifying test piping used in irrigation at the time of dry season. Lucky run. Since our crushing season, at Perkins, had not started for us, this being the monsoon season (100 inches in three so what was a few more days ? months) the pipes were borrowed for the installation of Preliminary test indicated the following: all items to get the cooker parts. Bamboo scaffolding played a part too. the final OK for the mill could be met with ease. The Perhaps, the most exasperating part of the project was only question was capacity. At the original speed of the trying to locate sprockets, chains, V-belts, sheaves and screw shaft, the most that was calculated was approxi­ bushings. A ll o f the crates had been open ed ; parts w ere mately 44 metric tons of unshelled peanuts. We had to scattered over four or five places and no records were qualify at least 50 tons, in 24 hours. To do this, a larger kept as to where this or that may be found. To make pinion had to be secured. Time and import customs had matters worse, old existing parts were mixed together with the new parts. You see, prior to this installation, the Japanese had tried to operate an oil mill so there were some old spare parts left over. The Japanese have a sys­ tem of measurements all of their own. It is enough to say ABCO-PVC Conveyor Belting never try to make what you think is a 1V2 inch bore sproc­ ket fit on an American make IV2 inch piece of shafting-— it has been tried. THE This was not the most baffling of the smaller items of confusion. There were drawings a plenty, all nicely folded. Really, they w ere n ot draw in gs, m ere copies that w ere absolutely unreadable. Even some of the lines were faded PROBLEM and one could not tell where some of the conveyors started or ended, not to mention drives or other important infor­ mation, like sizes or speeds. Only, after a cable to Neu- SOLVER munz asking for readable drawings and other appropriate information was the job finished. Mr. Neumunz came A sure winner where seed drag through “ loud and clea r.” H ow ever, there are still som e bushings and sprock ets that w ere n ever fou n d. T h ey w ere belts are long. made by hand, on mill site. The iaw of average must surely play a role in this Problem #33: troubled world of trials and tribulations. It did at Kuli- Separation of plies. archar. The most blessed event that happened to the super­ Solution: visors and operator at Kuliarchar project was the arrival PVC has no plies to separate. Its construction is of Franz Rihs, 28, an associate of no mean or small PVC fused into a w oven carcass. caliber. Franz’s home is in Switzerland. His wife and son of three years were at home. He had spent about four What's your conveyor years in Peru, having some experience in an oil mill. Con­ belting problem? sidered opinion is that Mr. Neumunz did an outstanding day’s work when Franz started to work for him. Franz ABCO PVC is the was of untold value to the installation engineer and later solution. Franz successfully completed the operation for the final CALL (404) 688-1483 qualifying test run. -A.tla.nta, Belting Company Finally, the Japanese who was in charge of their elec­ trical equipment finshed his part of the job on September 560 EDGEWOOD AVENUE / ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30312 5. All of the equipment connected to the first two of the WOODSON -TENENT LABORATORIES Main Office and Laboratory 345 ADAMS, MEMPHIS, TENN. Tel.: 525-6333 OTHER LOCATIONS * Clarksdale, Miss. * Des Moines, Iowa * Wilson, A rk. ■ Little Rock, Ark. * St. Louis, Mo. ■ Cairo, III. Specializing in Analysis of Cottonseed, Soybeans and their products. All agricultural products, feeds, fertilizers, drugs, foods, insecticides. to be considered. What to do was the big trial and ti'ibula- found East of New York or Piqua? In 1964 and in 1968 it tion. was the operator’s good fortune to have worked at Hydera­ Before getting along to the second day of the prelimi­ bad and at Lyllapur, West Pakistan. A plane trip of more nary test run, it is enough to say that it was not the than 300 miles and automobile trips of more than 500 rocks that were breaking our grates in the shellers. Be miles proved to be fruitless. The only thing left to do was sure that the set screws holding the “Spider” are securely to try for the test. locked in and will not come out of the hub. We lost one The scheduled test run was started at noon time on week finding the source of our trouble. However, not be­ September 28 and ended on September 29. All qualifying fore going to Dacca and making arrangements with a ship items were met except capacity. The amount of peanuts yard machine shop to fabricate grates made of steel. The was actually 46.3 metric tons in 24 hours. Short by 3.7 tons. Japanese had flown to Bangkok to use telehone direct to Cablegrams were exchanged. Neumunz cabled — “Pinion Neumunz. After trying for two nights and a day from sent by air. If unable to retrieve pinion from customs in Dacca to get a call to New York, my call was cancelled. reasonable length of time for Smith to come home and It was hoped that the Japanese would return with good leave Franz Rihs there to finish test.” Franz had had no new s. previous experience with actual French screw press opera­ You remember, from above, how much assistance one tion, prior to the preliminary test, it was decided for me Franz Rihs had contributed to the project. Yes, while all to take leave. Truly, it was hard to leave Franz alone. the activity regarding the telephoning about the grates However, in 1964 it took three weeks to clear customs on was taking place Franz had found the cause of all the an order of six or eight small boxes of screen bar spacers. sheller trouble. It took a long time but after the original set screws were removed and longer bolts (actually bolts Having great faith in Franz’s ability and too with the removed from EUREKA cleaner) with lock nuts in place experience we had together on preliminary test and the of the short set screws the grate breaking trouble ceased. previous experience, 1964, with customs and also consid­ You may wonder why take the bolts from the Eureka ering the fact that Franz had not arrived in July, it was cleaner. The reason was this—there were no other bolts not until August, so on October 5 he and two of the that would fit the threads in the spiker hub. In any of Japanese were left to do the job. these developing countries like Pakistan it is absolutely It is now October 5 and a visit to our friends the Pak- necessary to do the unusual. There are not any mill sup­ soys’ in Turkey was next on the homeward trip. Though, ply houses at the end of your telephone to met your needs not before saying bye to our friends in West Pakistan. on mill site. Back to the pinion and capacity. On the second series of From Karachi the plane next landed in Istanbul, Turkey. preliminary test it was definitely decided that the press Following a night here we are next landed in Adana, was turning too slowly. Where could a larger pinion be Turkey. Adana, presently, is the home town of the Pak- soys’, previously, the home town of St. Paul, the new Testament writer. Three nights and two days were spent in Adana. Most of this time was with the Paksoys’ visiting A world of in their most modern oil mill which the writer takes pride in rem em bering. things * The last day in A dana, Mr. P a k soy drove m e to Tarsus, a distance of about 30 miles, where as you know was the other home of St. Paul, or Saul as he was known before his con­ version to Christianity. There are many things to see in Tarsus, it is a very old place. Two of many places worth than iron! visiting are the Well of St. Paul and Cleopatra Gate: One o f the six gates in the w alls w hich used to surround • Top-of-the-line the town. At Gozlukule, the port of Tarsus, the Roman industrial General Antony welcomed the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. supplies From Adana, the next stop was Izmir, Turkey, an­ • Complete other old but interesting place. On Sunday, October 11 a Steel sightseeing tour to Epheses was truly enjoyed. Service O ctober 12 fou n d us on ou r w a y hom e. Paris, France Center used the next two nights.

• Steel After leaving Paris, the happiest moment of the whole fabrication trip happened. In Mr. Neumunz’s office less than five and erection minutes following the arrival of his supervisor, two cable­ g ram s w ere delivered. One m arked K u liarch ar quickly opened, the other may have been opened later.— The one from Kuliarchar stated— “Official TEST run successfully completed (stop) Capacity 54.4 tons (stop) Residual oil PIDGBOn 4.3 per cent (stop).” There were several minutes of mtomas silence. Good ole Franz. moil company Classified E. H. Crump Blvd. at South Main / 901-948-5611 Member of: American Institute of Steel Construction Southern Industrial Distributors Association Steel Service Center Institute W A N T E D — C handler H ullers, G urley M illin g Company, Selma, N. C. Phone 919-965-2303. mier, Port Gibson, Mississippi; J. S. Long, New Orleans; Cotton Production Forecost Geo. C. Perry, Jackson, Mississippi, and H. L. Taylor, Continues To Decline Bosier City, Louisiana. The 1970 cottonseed production estimate places potential The committee together with chairmen of other con­ output at 4,290,000 tons, based on an estimated 10,270,000- vention committees met in New Orleans December 10 to bale cotton production. This compares to a cotton pro­ formulate program plans. duction forecast of 10,429,000 bales in November and The convention will be held May 23-25 at the Fairmont Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. the 1909 crop o f 10,009,000 bales. Cottonseed production totaled 4,186,000 tons a year earlier and 4,640,000 tons two years ago. The 1970 indicated yield of 441 pounds per harvested acre compares with 434 pounds a year earlier and 516 pounds two years ago. The 1970 harvested acreage was INCREASE PRODUCTION AND PROFIT placed at 11,168,000 acres against 11,058,000 acres a year earlier. The 1970 American Pima crop was estimated at 61,500 bales of 500 gross w eigh t com pared w ith 77,700 bales in the preceding season.

Arizona's Cotton Production Estimated At 3-Year Low Cotton production in Arizona is estimated far below the past two years, with yields the lowest since 1953. The total Arizona cotton crop was estimated at 489,000 bales as of D ecem ber 1, a 23 per cent drop below last year’s crop, 33 per cent below 1968 and only eight per cent above the sm all 1967 crop. The all cotton yield is forecast at 854 pounds of lint per harvested acre down shai’ply from last year’s 979 pounds of lint per harvested acre and 1,180 in 1968. If you are installing new equipment or Both upland and American Pima yields were the lowest bringing your old operations up to date— since 1953. In other crops, Arizona’s safflower production totaled you will be interested in the performance, 13,800 tons compared with 27,500 tons last year with the economy, and simple installation of our yield per harvested acre at 2,500 pounds compared with mixers— 2,200 pounds last year. — Equipment in Stock — Program Committee Appointed For Write for further information NCPA's Seventy-Fifth Convention SMITH OIL AGITATOR CO. The general arrangements committee for the National SUITE 531 FIRST-WICHITA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING Cottonseed Products Association’s seventy-fifth annual TELEPHONE 322-8601, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS convention has been appointed. Area Code 817 Zip Code 76301 Rene Lazare of New Orleans will serve as chairman, Cable Code "MARPO"' assisted by E. D. Gile, O pelousas, L ou isian a; C. Y . K atzen -

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Contact us regarding your process and engineering problems PROMPT SHIPMENT OF REPAIR PARTS FROM STOCK Quanah; T. A. Swaffar, Altus; Farrell Lucas, Harlingen. Important Agenda AwaitsAny board member who cannot attend is asked to notify either Mr. Quinn or Dr. Carl Cater, IOMSA Secretary- Treasurer, College Station, naming a proxy (who must IOMSA Board Membersbe a past president of the IOMSA). It is being urged that all directors attend the meeting WITH THE PASSING of New Year’s Day officials of so that a majority vote may be obtained. Many pressing the International Oil Mill Superintendents Association business matters are to be reported to the board by Dr. begin making preparations to meet in Phoenix at the Cater; and Kris Smith, editor and publisher of the Westward Ho Hotel on the week-end of January 9. Gazetteer, will make a report on the condition of the This is one of the most important meetings of the year publication at year’s end and a projection for the future. when all events committees get together to plan programs It has been pointed out that this meeting will be for the 1971 agenda. This group will be undertaking- held at the height of the Phoenix tourist season, so widening horizons and responsibilities for the coming everyone should make reservations early. Please send year. High on the agenda will be formulating plans for reservation requests to Mrs. Irene Connell, Westward Ho the joint meeting of the IOMSA and West Coast Division. H otel, 618 N o. Central A venue, Phoenix, A rizon a 85004. The division has always had its meetings separate Indicate that the reservation is made to attend the from the parent organization, usually in March, and IOMSA Board of Directors meeting. independently financed. It was decided by both organiza­ tions’ boards to combine the joint resources and have an especially good meeting together this June. Cecil Wamble Honored By Clinic A1 Farris, Ranchers Cotton Oil, Bakersfield, is serving The twentieth Oilseed Processing Clinic will be dedi­ as program chairman for this combined meeting. He will cated to two persons this year.A . Cecil Wamble, for welcome all ideas that are sent to him prior to the his outstanding contribution through research to the January 9 planning session. success of the oilseed industry, and PorterA . Williams, Members of the Oil Mill Machinery Manufacturers and for his leadership and practical application of research Supply Association sponsor the enterytainment for the developments to the processing of oilseeds. convention and their officers will be at the planning This year’s clinic has adopted a new name, formerly meeting to firm up hotel and entertainment features. being known as the Cottonseed Processing Clinic. It will They are representted by J. R. Dykes, Barrington and be held February 4-5 in New Orleans. Welding, Torrance, California — president; Vernon Hagar, Fafnir Bearings, Dallas -— vice president; A. E. Quest, A. E. Quest and Sons, Lubbock — executive vice Pres­ Central Soya To Construct ident; Art Falkenberg, American Mineral Spirits, La- Mirada, California — program chairman. Vegetable Shortening Plant In Decatur Mrs. A1 Farris and Mrs. Gene Quest will represent the Central Soya reported on December 18 that it had Ladies Auxiliary at the meeting and will complete arrange­ started construction of a plant to produce shortening for ments for the ladies luncheon and other entertainment the hotel, institutional and restaurant trade. specials for the ladies. B. A. Townsend, an executive vice president of the Phil Strid, production manager for Ranchers Cotton Fort Wayne, Indiana based firm, said the plant would be Oil, will be on hand to get ideas for the Short Course erected in Decatur, Indiana, adjacent to the company’s for Oil Mill Operators of which he is program chairman. refinery for the production of edible oils. The edible oil He will be meeting with representatives of the College facility, representing a new venture for Central Soya, Committee of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers Associa­ went on stream in February of 1970 and has been pro­ tion, co-sponsors of the short course. ducing what company officials call “an exceptionally high Ernest Quinn, Anderson, Clayton Industrial Division, quality product.” Phoenix, president of the IOMSA, will preside at the Mark O. Flanagan, director of marketing-refined oils meeting which will convene at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, for Central Soya, said that William G. Reeves had joined January 9. Other members of the board it is expected the comnany to handle the sale of products from the new to attend are: J. M. Douglas, Richmond; Fordy Knott, plant. “Mr. Reeves is bringing with him a background of 15 years in the fats and oils business,” Mr. Flanagan said,

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M INIM U M SPACE REQUIRED: only 26" x 26" of floor * ELECTRIC MOTOR REPAIR NEW AND space; just 60" high. USED MOTORS ☆ FURNAS MOTOR CONTROLS Manufactured by * GATES V-BELTS/SHEAVES Lubbock Electric Co. * LOAN MOTORS IN STOCK 1108 34th Street 806-744-2336 Lubbock, Texas “and this experience should be a great help to our cus­ Dr. Slater, it is essential that applications be made in tom ers.’” early stages of an infestation while larvae are small and The shortening plant is expected to be completed in have not yet entered the bolls. late 1971. Products will be packaged for sale to hotels, restaurants, institutional distributors, the bakery industry and others comprising the “eat-away-from-home” markets. Soybean World Production Sets Central Soya is a major soybean processor and feed Record For Sixth Year manufacturer, a grain merchandiser, producer, processor The USD A reports that world soybean production and marketer of poultry and has recently strengthened currently estimated at 1,500,000,000 bushels has established its role in pre-cooked frozen foods. The firm is also a a new record for the sixth successive year. major supplier of soy protein to the food industry through The current estimate represents an increase of only 3.8 its Chem urgy division. per cent from last year’s harvest compared with an annual average of 5.4 per cent for the last six years. The rate Bollworm Control Possible of growth for 1969 was 1.1 per cent, however. The gain of about 56,000,000 bushels is almost equally Without Chemical Use shared between free world and communist countries. In­ Control of the bollworm may now be possible without creases in the United States and Brazil equal increases the use of chemical insecticides, according to Dr. George in Mainland China and the Soviet Union. The estimates Slater, manager of entomological research for the Cotton for the latter two countries are based on fragmentary Producers Institute (CPI). information. The U. S. Department of Agricul­ ture has issued a temporary permit for use of a virus formulation on boll- worms in 1971. The clearance is for cotton only, and effective in Cali­ fornia, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ten­ nessee, A labam a, and G eorgia. “The budworm is virtually resistant to chemical insecticides, in some parts of the belt, and the bollworm is fast becoming resistant to the chemicals we now have available for use on cotton,” said Dr. Slater. A CPI research project funded by the dollar-a-bale program helped make possible the registration of the virus formulation, the first ever registered for insect control. Dr. Lou Falcon, University of California at Berkeley, tested the e fficie n cy o f various virus formulations against insect pests of Is this your cotton. He is testing new methods of application and natural dissemina­ tion of pathogens. Mounting pressures against use of MUSKOGEE chemical pesticides and increasing re­ sistances of the bollworm and bud­ worm to available insecticides prompt­ ed CPI to initiate the project in 1968. HOUSE ? Costs are estimated at about $5 per Since our first all steel building in 1921, we've designed application per acre. Dr. Abdul Chau- thani o f N utrilite C orporation , one of and erected storage for a wide range of products. The building the formulators, said that Thompson- in the photo above could be yours. Haywood of Kansas City, Kansas, Efficient loading and unloading, and economical storage would m arket their form u lation . In­ makes the "Muskogee House" a standard of the oil mill ternational Minerals Corporation is industry. also form ulating the pathogen. When you store seed in a properly cooled Muskogee Although the virus formulation is building, the free fatty acid can be controlled, and a higher cleared only fo r use on the bollw orm , quality oil is the end result. it is also effe ctiv e again st the bud­ worm. May we build a Muskogee house to suit your product Recommendations are for one to requirements? three pounds per acre to con trol the Designed Muskogee Storage for Cotton Seed, Soya Beans bollworm and budworm. The bud­ and Other Products worm is m ore o f a le a f feed er and Up to 150' Widths — Any Length Desired consequently w’ill consume greater quantities, thus the low er dosage. ~ MUSKOGEE IRON WORKS The insecticide is a w ettab le pow der P. O. Box 188----- Muskogee.Oklahoma 74401 suitable fo r use in conventional spray 'Telephone AC 918 682-5521 Cable Address "MIW" application equipm ent. A ccord in g to Broad Upward Trend In Oilseeds Processing Capacity Forecast By Manufacturing Executive

Plants that can process a total of 25,000 tons per day terial, an improvement for one material can be adapted of soybeans will be built in the U. S. over the next five to another. years, predicts Kenneth W. Becker, manager, Extraction, Currently, solvent extraction methods are used in leach­ Food and Bio-Chemical Department, Blaw-Knox Chemical ing of wood products, removal of undesirable constituents Plants, Inc., Pittsburgh. And, he states, oil seed plants in from polymers, and in the recovery and removal of pharm­ other parts of the world will be built at a faster rate than aceutical materials, and flowers and spice products. Be­ in the past. coming increasingly important is the use of solvent ex­ Mr. Becker’s forecasts are based on several facts. His­ traction in recovering mineral and metal products from torically, the oil seeds industry has trended upward at the gangue and low yield ore deposits. rate of 9 per cent a year. Peaks and valleys typically show Solvent extraction in developing countries is expected a growth period of three to five years, followed by a two to expand as many plants turn to solvent extraction rather to three year period of little or no growth. The most recent than full screw processing. Mr. Becker anticipates that period of expansion extended through 1968 leaving some within ten years seed processing in developing countries excess capacity in the U. S. The point has now been will at least double. reached where some plants must operate in excess of design About 27 per cent of world production of edible vege­ capacity. table oils is represented by soybeans. Most of the world’s Crop failures in other countries are expected to place protein production will be supplied by soybeans over the additional demands on U. S. production. The Russian next several decades. Next is sunflower seeds, about 18 per sunflower seed crop is less than originally expected. Amer­ cent, where considerable expansion can also be expected. ican oil seeds, particularly soybeans, will fill the gap. Peanut oil is about 16 per cent of the total and will prob­ Because fish catches are down for unknown reasons, fish ably expand at a slower rate than the other leading oil meal from Peru has decreased substantially. seeds. Cotton seeds account for 14 per cent, but this figure Improvements in solvent extraction technology (used in is not expected to change much even though cotton seed removing oil from seeds) and increased plant sizes have protein products are beginning to move out of the develop­ decreased manpower requirements per ton processed. For ment stage. They have the advantage of being soluble in example, comparing a 2,000 ton plant with a 200 ton plant soft drinks and grow in areas where other seeds do not. built ten years ago will show about the same number of India and Pakistan represent good growth areas for cot­ people required to operate both plants. Steam requirements ton seed. But being a by-product, seed supply is affected per ton processed are 30 per cent less in the case of the by competition of synthetic textiles and cotton seed oil larger plants. Solvent losses have been reduced from 14 production overall can be expected to hold even. pounds per ton processed to three pounds. Rape seed at 10 per cent will not likely expand during The new equipment is simpler and more mechanically the next several years but corn oil production will in­ reliable, according to Mr. Becker. Better control and proc­ crease proportionately to the crop yields. ess improvements, he says, enable new plants to be run more uniformly with less downtime. While techniques of Cotton Crop 96 Pet Ginned solvent extraction technology are different for each ma­ Cotton ginned to mid-December this season totaled 9,828,000 bales, a ccordin g to the Bureau o f the Census, equivalent to over 96 per cent of the estimated 1970 crop. This compares with 9,110,000 bales ginned to the same SIKES and SONS’date last season and 10,049,000 two years ago. Deal Machine Shop F O R S A L E 155 No. 9th Street Complete Oil Mill Machinery and Equipment for 100-Ton Per Day Capacity on Cottonseed and Box 393, Slaton, Texas 79364 Other Oilseeds. Expeller Process. In Expeller—Screw Press Parts Repair Excellent Condition. C on tact: Roll Grinding & Corrugating Barrington Welding and Machine Works Custom Fabrication 1124 Van Ness Avenue B ox “ X ” W. A. Sikes Phone: Area 806-828-6568 Torrance, California and Son's Ph: 213 - 328-4761

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