State journal & flag. [volume] (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1843-1846, 1846-10-30
To Planters.
BullOck's Progressive power
RDrcsS.

For Packing and Comprising Cotton on
the Plantation, eGecting SAVING Of Is
cents per bale.
TINE attention of Planters is invited to this
Il powerful and economical Machine. Its
qualities having been fairly and conclusively
tested in the city of Mobile, and elsewhere. du.
ring the last two years, it is now confidently
submitted as a lucrative acquisition to every
Cotton Planter in the country, whatever may
be the scale of his operations; and at price
comparatively trfiiDg to the purchaser. Be-
tween its cost and it's yalue il would be difficult
TO institute comparison. In all cases, without
a single exception, it has given unbounded sat-
isfacton. II not only possesses every function
heretofore 30 long sought as necessary 10 COM
plete Cotton Press for plantations, but others
not hitherto conjectured as available. Among
it's ascertainedk and unquestionabe advantages,
may be enumerated the folowing:-
lst Its machinery is perfectly simple and
substantial requiring only negroes to attend 10
it, and not liable to get out of order. 1t obvl-
ates the yearly bill for repairs usually entailed
by the screw press, and the Planter has the sat-
isfacton Of knowing that 1t is always ready for
use. Its first cost is its only cost.
I'd. II occupies space Of but a by 10 feet /;
can be put up IN one corner, or along side of the
Gin House, and always kept under cover. Re
curing but one horse power, it can be worked
| by the same pewer that drives the gin, and, If
desirable, at the same time.
3d. 1t can thus be worked in rainy weather,
when the hands could not otherwise be employ
ed. nor employed in packing without the loss
and Inconvenience attendant upon the carriage
IF the cotton from the Gin House through the
rain and up the ladders to tn press, by which
process much is often tramp'ed into the mud,
iaho 4 l<~,, So,
4th 1t enables the same number of hands,
ordinarily engaged at the screw. press, to DO
double the amount Of work in given time, and
IN very superior manner, with apparently no
more exertion from twenty. five to thirty bales
can be packed with this press, in the came
tine. and with the same manual labor, that
twelve or dfeen bales can be packed with the
screw.
9Th. Iis superiority ia packing CONSISTS not
merely in the neat and square form which it
gives to the bales, but also IN lessening the liza.
niity OF the bagglng belng torn in handlng;-
thus greatly obvlst,ng both the damage of the
eottnn from exposure at the landings and place
Of export, and those heavy "pantage" bills
which are ineeressble from the present loose
style Of pack ng.
9th. Il packs and keeps in permanent COM
preston bale of 500 lbs. 20 the density OF 20
lbs. to the cubic foot; being the density to which
1t 10 brought by the presses at Mobile.
9TH. II th4s saees tise expense Of compression
at Mobile, which, though directly paid by the
ship-owners, indirectly comes from the pocket
Of the Paater. and this. added TO the saving Of
one yard, or half hresath. Of bagging, and
l. ore than one rope upon each bae is saving
10 :lIe Planter Of at least seventy five cents per
bale, Independently of the vantage and damage
before Rarntits 10 this Saay be added q
probable saving Of one-third upon the storage,
since bale thus compressed. occupies but two.
thirds of The room it otherwise requires Nor
is It unreasonable to calculate upon an eventual
reduction Of freight from the same cause.
6'h. The power and other faeili,ies afforded
by this press. would enable the Planter TO adapt
round iron straps instead of the ropes ac.v used,
with d.monslrabte advantage ia several impor-
tant par lcuars. Annealed lion wire ct abeat
3. l6ths of an inch IN diaaseter, and of strength
more than adequate to bear the rough usage to
which he bales mght be exposed, could be pro.
cnr"1 af fnnr and half cents per strap, or
twenty seven cents per bale, even at the aeh
price of iron. uader the present enormous tariff;
and It ls evident from these facts that neither
he weight nor the price of wire OF this size,
will exceed, in any apprecable amount, that Of
the rope now ordinarily used. 1t is confidently
believed that cotton secured in this manner,
would reach The foreign market IN a condlioa
that Wcuid readily command fifty cents per bale
more than at present, whilst the intermediate
saving of vantage, waste, and re. comprising,
would be unqnesHhsnahle.
9th. But, paramount to all t&ae advantage
above enumei ated, is the certainty that the gen.
eral adoption of the PRooREssIvE POWER
Press on the plantations, would enable the
Planter. for u aodesate and final expense, to
render himself permanently independent Of all
Cotton Press combinations at Mobile, and thus
TO extorPate an evil which has long been deeply
felt by the whole planting community.
To the Intelligence and provident discern
ment Of that cofnanauity, the proprietor of the
patent right submits the pRoGREssGvE PowEe
PxEss. not as q new and uncertaia invention,
but as machine already thoroughly established
bv the constant use Of several years, during
which its capacity, durability, and economy,
have been St verey tried, and cordially acknow.
lodged. II 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.
6ers.
A Press of this description has been in use at
Thompson's Plckery during the past two years,
where It can be seen at any time packing $50
or 7O0 lbs. into the same space bale Of SUI lbs.
would be if made by a screw.
| TERMS For Press of4 l.2 foot segment,
to pack 3tl0 lbs. $75; for a 5 l.2 foot do. TO
press 400 lbs, BPS; for an foot do, to press
500 lbs. Sl5O.
GRIGGs, BARNEY Il Co,
Sole Agents.
MoblleMay, 8, 1916. ly25.