Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-03-26

\ contemporary saws: shall Indiana 90 largely
into the growing of cottony' We think the ques
ton should be ausw cred aflrmatively From es
Inmates based on known facts. farmer can see
abpu' how his account current would be likely To
stand NJ the end OF the year Ii is re ,>onable to
suppose thot for the next year AMI. perhaps. for
the next two three years cotton will sell high,
sV 81 cents per pound That ~ much cotton
en- be produced here per acre. or To tie hand. a.
is produced in the cotton States, j. not pretended
From all the information can gather from
those who have grown cotton IN Southern lndi
ana for domestic consumption, hollis enough will
mature in ordinary seasons. in remarkably good
soil To produce AT least 100 pounds of clean cot
ton to the acre, in place OF 20n TO 500 in South
ern Tennessee. and that hand can produce
saw two bales eOO pounds here, in place OF four
20 eight bales 20 the hand, rs At the South and
where il i verv profitable To grow cotton IA ten
cents per pound. IL will cost less to grow al
acre of cotron here than at the South. for the
reason that there will he less cotton to be picked
and the picking is the greatest part OF the work
Ii is "A very common remark that any cotton
planter or lirar = produce great deal more
cotton than he can puck and take care OF. Ii the
Southern cotton planter can produce mt cost not
exceeding or Z cents a pound. producing To b
bales To the hand, and 400 Ia too pounds to the
acre what will be the cost of producing cotton in
Indiana 100 pounds TO the acre. and two bales to
the handr Then the chal ces are that IN fayor
able seasons two hundred or more pounds may
be produced From all the figures make
from data in our possession. farm well managed.
having one hundred acres IN cotton. may lie ex
pected to clear about two thousand five hundred
dollars. producing cotton AT not exceeding twenty
FIVE cents pef pound Our belief i. that man
can generally do better than this. but any one
mike the estimate for himself No very great
pecuniary advantage can be expected from grow
ing little patches though it Is desirable that this
should be done for purposes of domestic manu-
facture. and TO lelrn the habits aud manners and
customs of the plant
The most favorable situations will be in the
nelghborhood OF cities or villages, where an abun-
dance OF manure can he easily procured. so nee
es,lrv Ia exreite ~ well as enlarge the crop;
also for the purpose OF more easily procuring
extr, labor VA the picking season Anybody Who
can pick berries. can pick cotton.
farmer, 10 grow cotton advantageously.
should have n crop large enough 10 justify him
i'm buyiag Gin and press. A common farm
horse power will be sufficient for. saw twenty i've
bales and a hay press will do for baihng The
gin i "A very simple machine that can be procured
at almost any machine shop. and will cost, &C
cordIng 10 size or capacity, from Sl5o 10 SiOo.
The Gin is a series of circular saw, placed near
together on a shaft with the booked teeth so hed
a. not to cut the fiber the SAWS working between
iron crate bars set so near together as not u al
low the cotton seei 10 pass through. The teeth
pull the cotton through. and n circular brush.
running nj a quicker speed than the saws, over
the saw cylinder. throws the cotton of the teeth
into an adjoining apaument.-l Vincennes Sun.