New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-04

eed ia never allowed 10 pass through sue foeis' ~
the ,,a,hiuc Of reeds stains and ijnreF tue oo"on.
F,e rollers have 10 be renewed every Gay, Hn'
xome,,mea ofiener, if TIE wood ~ not exaciy SUIT
.,,, which can only be ascer,ained by trial II 100
hsy, tie wood pGhshes and won't take hold OF me
su, and if TOO soft, il becomes rough directly and
vynls tue lint a'ouBd 20 AS 70 stop operations. En-
,r,epce has shown that rollers made Of green pine,
and NOT very smoothly made are the best, brit even
thee should be renewed daily. Experience has
proved too that the gu must be driven by the gin
acre own power 30 tb4t lie can feel when seed ID
eaugit between the rollers.
gin may be compared in its size and operation 10
sewing. aehue. The bench is about 3! feet high,
J, fee, wide, and feet long; the baance-wheel hav-
IN opening at the left hand, so that the center II
last above The table. 1t has bearing Oh one side,
and u short crank and socket on The other mo
which the lower roller IL driven, and forms bearing
for that side. AS the seeds are bard they cominum
cate if canght in the roeIs little jar 10 we ioo''
The usual tack of stout is 20 gin - los. dy'
WLen the weather lie very favorable, that Is ID
clear dry atmosphere, 40 lbs are sometimes gnlned
nv On experienced workman. AZ the cotton iaiis
from the gin il is gathered up and taken 10 we'll
boh,ed table where every mote, sreck and STAN Is
c,refuIlv removed If II mashed seed lie found, the
emner is reou ed 70 leave his machine and come to
the "moters" liable and pick il out. This IL done TO
teac HIN 10 he careful and if the oense n often re-
peae.. be will be likely to receive something more
than words as v reminder OF his calees sncss. ihe
ginning il always done by the most experienced men,
ami the noting by the most careful women Oh
the plantation. The work of tie "moiers' IA al!
overlooked by inspector, who If held responsible
for tie perf e cleanliness of the cotton. Aiier Ihe
cotton Is giuned it is injured by exposure 10 the a.
nosphere The ginning can be done 10 advantage
on,y in perfectly dry weather, and the packing IN
damn weather il is therefore taken from ti'
"noters" table and closely packed in dark room
until resdy for baggng. This process is very tedious
The empty sack IL suspended through hole in the
floor rcriioa of the cotton is then thrown in, and
the packer ge.s in with a wooden hammer and con-
tnues 10 drive down successive layers until the bas
b filed The SeaIslsnd bale is made from four
ysrds Of cloth and holes 800 lbs and packers task
is to finish one hale day. II pressed by machinery
in square bales like the Upland cotton. the quality
is said 10 be injured, and II will not sell for Us much
money in market does in the regular round bales
NOTES OF SfA-IsLAND COTTON PLANTATIONS.
We make below some extracts from our notes up
on different pantations made at the time OF visit
n tie Sea-lsIand plantations twelve years ago.
On the plantation of Ex-Governor ScabroOk, on
Eaisto leland, there 80 negroes in 3D. one hall
OF whieh are counted as field hands, and these cuti-
yae on an average three and half acres ct cotton,
owe and half acres Of corn, tbree-qua'Iers Of IN
scre Of potatoes making five and three quarters acres
% each hand Upon this plantation good many
cattle were kept for manure not farmers do at the
North in yards, from which the manure Is hauled r
tie field, but yarded only al night in moYahle cf,le
peas over the Geds 10 be planted next season. About
30 one-hcrse carloads OF soa-ragsh mud 10 ,le
mere were also APPLIED az manure. The laEd ls Kept
alternate years in crops and cattle. All the work
was done with boes except the moderate ufe Of the
shovel, low in tending corn. Tie average yield o;
cotton is less than $50 bs per acre, and It requires
four pounds of seed cotton 10 make pound OF lint.
Tie plants are set in drills five feet apart the stall
from eight to twerty. four inche. apart. Corn j.
plan,ed in drills five feet apart stalks from two to
four feet apart and the average weld is from ten 70
twelve bushels 10 the acre. Cotton seed is put in
the last of March and lst of April tie let Of
April; potatoes, Goth of March; potato-slips from
June 10 July 10.
The kind Of cotton grown upon this plantation was
coarse kind Of long staple, worth 80 to - cents
pound at that time. The task Of ginner 80 lbs
u day.
MI Nchaels neehbor Of Gov. Seatrook, owneC
three Ses-Isand cotton plantations; working .:
hands one g. hands aud one 81 cutvating thret
and bali acres 10 the hard, averaging $50 lbs. 0
The Guest quality Of long staple, worth - cents
pound that year. Each hand also cultiyaies one and
hal! acres If corn and one acre of potatoes. Tie
white flint variety, planted two stalks in the h iou
by Eve feet, average 20 bushels 70 the acre; POI
toes 40 bushels. TIE sol! light randy, manfred b,
cattle pennng and msrsh grass.
The cotton is assoTtei as ii il picked from the field
then assorted again the drying scadold; theI
slowed away in the pacsinghouse, and then Is takeI
TO the trasber, which is something ike tanning
mill; then ii is picked over by hand and spread il
the run; thence taken to the gnner, whose task i
from 20 to - lbs. according to the ineness of ibt
staple aud to every two gins there one inoier.
The manner Of planting is 10 scrape all the manure
md trash into the holcws between the old rows
then dix with hoes and haul one-half Of the old bed
from each side upon the row Of trash TO form a be-
for tire next crop. Mr.. Mchaels gays lie has spen
5000 in trying Substitute machinery for the Oh
roller gin 10 clean Sea-lsand cotton.
John Towrsend another Edisto planter who had
become so far civilized to pOws on his plants.
ton. c-l,ivate, five acres OF cotton three Of CON- and
OF rOtstocs 20 the hand and his cotton AVERAGED
Us be. 10 the acre. One Of the objects Of keeping
cattlc, besde the msuure, is to pen them upon The
land 20 be cultivated. so that they ray trample and
compact the Eight saIdy soil. As they feed daring