Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-10-18

so Of the former. Let as much seed cot.
ton ofthe same quantity, be set aside as
will make twenty bales. Gin ten on the
lst of November, the remainder on the
lst ofJunc, and bring the whole to market.
The result will be, that any practical buyer
will not only discover the difference, but
will value the first ginning much less than
the last. This loss in price is to be added to
that ol'wcight. When this is done, the plan
ter will discover it to be good policy to keep
the cotton intended for late market, in the
seed until the last moment. The reason 1t
seems to me is good and plain, for separate
the wool from the seed, in any manner you
please, the fbres are every one sundered
in one place at least. Each fracture faclll-
tatcs the escape of the oil, or life in the wool,
(cotton) while not the least particle is re-
plcniShcd, by extraction or ABSORPTION of oil
from the seed. That which is kept ungIn-
ned remaining as taken from the pod-every
fibre perfcct-is not liable to, and cannot
suffer the same injury, or loss, in either
weight or quality, for as long as the wool
remains attached to the seed, and the seed
is alive, so long will the wool absorb or ex-
tract oil or life from the seed. When the
essential oil of the latter is exhausted, both
will 60 into dry rot, as the glnned cotton
has very long before done. Minute as are
the fbers of cotton wool, each one is like a
sponge, each has its own proper duct, COM
municating with and deriving sustenance
from the pith, or heart Of the seed. If this
be true, no farther argument is necessary
to prove the advantage Of not ginning cot
ton held for spring, or early summer mar
ket till it is intended to be sold. lfany one
can prove the opposite, | shall not be dis
pleased, for am moi so welded to my opln-
ions that | cannot abandon them. | think,
however, there is no merchant in this city,
buyer or seller, who cannot by sight dis
cover difference between three samples of
the same cotton, ginned at intervals Of six
months. do not pretend to say, he will
discover that the three samples are all the
same cotton, but ginned at different times.
Ifhe is made acquainted with the fact, he
will arrange them in the order they came
from the gin. If sight is not sufficient, he
will call TO his aid the sense of feeling
These two senses will not, and cannot fail,
making the required discrimination. 1.-THE
same samples should be offered him with a
request to say whether or not there Is dit
ference, and if so, to point it out, he will ut
a good judge) do so in double "Egyptlan
darkness" and will not only aver there is a
difference, but will take them for different
cottons, and tell you the second ginning is
better than the first, and the third better
than either. Crush the samples in the hand
and the resistance of one, contracted with
the pliancy of the other, will decide the
gnnings or qualities are not the same. But
there is no use in dilating upon the art of
sampling. Good buyers understood me.
If the planters do not, am not surprised,
because too generally they think their own
the best cotton made, without troubling
tUcUlStNCS ~ COllipalC Will thNii hN'O''oAS'
or even the produce of one with another,
of their own fields. Let them practice
sampling, and they will soon be. as wise as
we are, much to the satisfaction of the fac.
tors, and of US who buy. The factors will
not be blamed for difference of prices OBJ
tanned, when the censure should lay on the
cotton, because that grown on Mr.. Blues
place was so stupid as to be fnerthan thatpro-
duced on Mr.. Creams. I'VE should be graft.
fled, by finding uniformity inthe brands called
"crack." | should think it as much their
business, to understand sampling cotton, as
to know how, and when to plant the seed:
That is nothing to me, however. | intend
to benefit them and myself too, by gently
limiting, it is best for all parties that cotton
should be sold dry, but fresh from the gin.
Wishing the planters and yourself a good
harvest, am, dear, sir, your most obedlen1
servant, A MERCHANT.