The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-11-16
A NEW PROCESS OF UTILIZING
COTTON.
By the o. S. Commissioner of Agri-
culture.

culture.
Any process which will facilitate and
cheaper the manufacture Of cotton pos
sesses an interest which must command
the ate ntion of the people of this coun-
try where alone this fiber is most sue
cessfully prodgced. The invention Of
the cotson-giH was prodigious step for
ward to promote the increased produe-
ton and profitable employment of the
cottou-planter; and now the ingenious
mechanic proposes another step forward
IN aid of this all-important industry, by
"a new process for converting seed cot
ton directly into yarns" whereby the
the use of the gin will be entirely SUI
perseded, and each step of converting
the cotton, as it comes from the field,
greatly cheaped We take this method
of calling public attention to the sub
iect and to invite strict scrutiny into
the merits of the proposed improves
ment
The following views upon this subject
are presented IN letter from F. E.
Whitfield, SEN, of Corinth, Mississippi :
By the new process of converting seed
cotton directly into yarns only four mo
chimes are used, viz, the card drawing
fran speeder, and spinning-frame
(such as are now In common use;) the
card only is changed. and that slightly
by substituting an atta chmeot for the
lickerin, at a cost of about $500.
The attachment receives the seed-oot-
con, gently removes the seed, combs
out the dust, trash, notes, &c, and de.
| livers the hlaments, untangled, and par
/ allel, to the card; thus superseding the
/ gin, press and compress. which are only
| used to render cotton transportable the
willower, lapper, double lapper, breaker
and four-ffths Of the cards; which are
only intended 70 try to remedy the injury
done by the gin, pross and compress
It also saves or superssdes the railway
and railway drawing head; also all jack
| frames, slubbers, mules, twisters, eveu-
ers, &c, together with all the buildings,
motive-pOwer and operatives to hold q,
drive, and attend said discarded ma
chinery' 1t saves one-half the usual
waste, and produces stronger and better
| silver, rowing, and thread than can be
made of baled cotton; thereby enabling
operatives to attend more machinery,
and each machine to do more work, es-
| penially In the spinning and weaving
rooms. The reason why the card will
do four times more by this process, Us NJ
the same, motive power, is, the flaments
are not permitted to leave the machinery,
! fly, or become tangled, but are kept
straight, and carding is but the straight
euing of the cotton f!aments. The extra
| strength of the thread is owning 70 the
working of the cotton fresh from the
seed, the oil of which has kept 1t alive,
light, elastic, and flexible. with ali its
| alternating qralities perfect; and to the
fact that it has never been mapped, cut,
or tangled by the gin, pressed, com
pressed, or permitted TO become dry,
| seasoned, and brittle in this tangled
| condition, nor has it been injured by the
willoWer, lapper, double-lapper, brea ker,
and cards, where the damage done by
the gin, press, and compress is sought
| to be remedied
This small attaehment-onIy So inches
long by Is inches wide-supersedes the
| above mentioned eight machines, simply
because the first three are used to rem
der cotton transportable, and the last
i've are 1uSouUou - Eem6uY the uuIu age
/ done by the first three But these ad-
vantages, as great as they are, are not
half that are claimed for the new pro-
cess. The ginning, seed-baggtng, and
ties are saved
Take bale of cotton on a farm near
/ Corinth, and see the expenses, &c, in
Cured in sending i, via Memphis, to
Boston, Mass; hauling to Corinth, sam
ping, weighing, deduction of to 4
pounds from eight; profits Of purchas-
er, freights and insurance to Memphis,
drayage 10 coston-shed, storage, insurance,