The Osceola times., 1878-02-16
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1nOusanoe OF cotton gins are needlessly
injured, II not entirely ruined, by one
simple cause. That cause Is permitting
moat or lint cotton Chat is, cotton that
has been once ginned, to be mixed with
seed cotton and passed through the saws
the second time. Such lint cotton
catches in the teeth, clogs the IA W., dulls
the teeth, and bends or breaks the ribs,
wears the boxes, and strains the whsle
gin 70 a. to make 1t produce a bad sam.
pie, and readily becomes almost WORTH
less. It likewise increases the draft 40
~ TO distress the mules propelling the
gin, and creates 30 much friction as often
TO set the gin house on fire. Thus can
bs explained the burning OF many gin
house by the supposed spontaneous com.
bustion Of cotton.
Hence every owner of q gin house
should be careful about where bis moat
Gotten is placed, also about permitting
the " fyings" or hangings" to fall on
his seed cotton. Above all should he be
particular in preventing the ginner, or
his assistant, when returning from the
lint room after packing the cotton
back" ss 1t Is called, from having any
lint on his clothing. The usual assistant
at gin to hand seed cotton and "pack.
back" lint Is playful urchin, who de-
lights first 70 wallow In the lint reom aud
then, without divestipg himself Of the
lint adhering to his clothes, next to roll
on the seed cotton. Oftentimes every
by, black and white. on large plants
tion, after q general frolic in the lint
room, will Immediately emerge there.
from and continue their wrestling, roll.
Ing and romping over the seed cotton,
with a half pound Of lint site king to
each ones ragged or woollen apparel
Such play is of course delightful to the
boys, but it Is dear sport to the owners of
the gin. In many gin houses, TOO, while
packing cotton for market, much lint is
mixed with the seed cotton, either by
carlessness or by the wind.
gin is costly machine, but il is not
delicate one or put out of order if pre-.
viously -ginned lint is kept out of the
saws. In fact, good gin rightly man.
sged, should-with little sharpening and
small repairs-pick fifty bales of lint per
year, and last a planter of average long.
evity his lifetime whereas most gins
becomes useless, or nearly so, in perhaps
hve years, from the single cause / have
indicated. No child ever ought to be
allowed TO enter lint room where IL can
well be prevented.-[N. G. Farmer.
Cisssrns.
The Charleston, s. c., correspondent
OF the Journal Of Chemistry acknowledges
the necessity Of extrere care in keeping
impurities out OF the cistern. He
assumes that the cistern is completely
coyered. and that the "man hole for
getting into 1t for cleaning or repairs Ia
kept carefully closed. He gives the
following description of the manner in
which cisterns are built in Charleston.
and 1t is well worth printing for the
benefit of our readers:
In Charleston We are almost entirely
dependent upon our cisterns for drink.
ing purposes, more than three-fourths of
the population being supplied with water
in that way. Great care is therefore
taken In the construction Of our reeer.
voirs. They are built of brick laid In
cement (no lime(, and plastered inside
ana outside with the same. Within
there is double partition, from floor to
oouiuBp " Dfick lAlQ IN cement, ana the
space within this double wall, say six
inches in width. is filed With water.fresh
gravel. This wall Is built 10 one of the
corners of the cistern 10 a eemi-circle,
and the pipe for the pump inserted in
the iuclo>ed space. The water is filtered
through this wall, and Is rs pure as
crystal. A little charcoal is sometimes
thrown inso the cistern. You will zee
that by allowing the roof and CUTTERS to
b thoroughly washed BY the rain before
letting water into the cistern, you get
rid of ell impurities; md if the cistern
b suficiently large only fall and winter
rains should be taken In. The impuri.
tbs that float In the air during spring
and summer are thus prevented from
getting IN. This IL not always done,
although Il II desirable.
4 few yeau since my house took fire,
and to save 1t my cistern was emptied,
/ then had it carefully cleansed, but /
could not drink The water tor three
months after. This has been 20 often |
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