State journal & flag., 1846-06-19
To Planters. BulIOck's Progressive power Press.

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 he Plantation, eGecting C SaU,ng cf 75
 centS per 6dle.
 THE attention of Planters is invited to this 1 N powerful and economical Machine. Its l qualities having been fairly and conclusvely tested in the city of Mobile, and elsewhere, du- ring the last two years, il Is now confidently submitted as n lucrative acquisition to every Cotton Planter in the country whatever may be the scale of his operations and at price comparatively trflng to the purchaser. Be- tween it's costand its value, it would be difficult 10 institute comparison. In all cases, without single exception, it has given unbounded sat- isfactlon. IL not only possesses every function heretofore so long sought as necessary 10 a com- plete Cotton Press for plantations, but others not hitherto conjectured as available. Among it's a>certaned and unquestonable advantages, may be enumerated the followng:-
 lst. It's machinery is perfectly simple and substantial; requiring only negroes to attend 10 It, and not liable to get out of order. It obv- ates the yearly bill for repairs usually entailed by the screw press, and the Planter has the sat- lsfactlon of Knowing that 1t Is always ready for use. Its first cost IS its only cost.
 2d. !t occupies space of but by 10 feet 1; can be put up Tn one corner, or along side of the Gin House, and always kept under cover. Re quirng but one horse power, it can be worked by the same power that drives the gin, and, if desirable, at the same time.
 Sd. It can thus be worked iD rainy weather, when the hands could not otherwise be employ ed, nor employed in packing without the loss and inconvenience attendant upon the carriage of the cotton from the Gin House through the rain and up the ladders to the press, by which process much Is often tramped into the mud and urp lahnr md of o ,.,.,
 4h. It enables the same number of hands, ordinarily engaged at the screw. press. to do double the amount of work in given tme and in very superior manner, with apparently no more exertlon from twenty five to thirty bales can be packed with this press, in tue same tune, and with the same manual labor, that twelve or f1f;een bales can be packed with the screw.
 5th. Its superiority in packing consists not merely in the neat and square form which it gives to the bales, but also in lessenlng the lia- biity of the bagglng being torn in handlmg;- thus greatly obvlatlng both the damage of lhe cotton from exposure al the landings and place of export, and those heavy "wantage" bills which are insererabe from the present loose style of pack ng.
 9th. It packs and keeps in permanent com presson bale of 500 lbs to the density of 20 lbs. 10 the cubic foot being the density to which 1t Is brought by the presses at Mobile.
 7lh. It thus saves the expense of compression at Mobile, which, though directly paid by the ship-owners, indirectly comes from the pocket of the Planter, and ihs, added to the saving of one yard, UT half breadth, of bagglng, and more than one rope upon each bait IS say ng to :he Planter of at least seventy five cents per bale, independently of the vantage and damage before mentioned. To this may be added probable saving of one-third upon the storage, slnce bale thus compressed occupies but two- thirds of the room it otherwise requires. Nor IS It unreasonable 10 calculate upon an eventual reduction of freight from the same cause.
 9th. The power and other facilities afforded by this press. would enable the Planter 10 adopt round iron straps instead of the ropes now used, with demonstrable advantage in several impor- tant particulars. Anneaed iron wire ot about B. l6ths of an inch m diameter, aod of strength more than adequate to bear the rough usage to which the bales might be exposed, could be pro. cured at four and half cents per strap, or twenty seven cents per bale, even at the high price of iron, under the present enormous tariff; and It is evident from these facts tilat neither he weight nor the price of wire of this size, will exceed, in any apprecable amount, that of the rope now ordinarily used. It is confidently believed that cotton secured in this manner, would reach the foreign market m condition tLat would readily command fifty cents per bale more than at present, whilst the intermediate saving ot vantage, waste, and re- compressing, would be unquestlonable.
 9th. But paramount to all the advantages above enumerated, is the certainty that the gen elal adoption of the PRoGREssIvE POWER PRESS on the plantations, would enable the Planter, for moderate and final expense, to render himself permanently independent of all Cotton Press combinations al Mobile, and thus 10 extofpate an evil which has long been deeply felt by tbe whole planting community.
 To the intelligence and prevalent discern mentof that community, the proprietor of the patent right submits the PROGRESSIVE POWER PRESS, not as new and uncertain invention, but as machine already thoroughly established bv the constant use of several years, during winch it's capacity, durability, and economy, have been St verely tried and cordially ack now. ledged. IL Is only necessary to add, that it has been admired and adopted wherever it has been seen, and has more than realized, in every in. stance, the highest expectations of the purcha. sers.
 Press of this description has been in use at Thompson's Plckery during the past two years, where 1t can be seen at any time packing 65O or 7OD lbs into the same space bale of 800 lbs. would be if made by screw.
 TERMS For Press of 4 l-2 foot segment, to pack 300 lbs. $75; for , l.2 foot do. to press 400 lbs, $l25 for an foot do, to press 500 lbs. $50.
 GRTGGs, BARNEY @ O.,
 Sole Agents.
 Mobile 1,,O