The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-04
$3.50 90
Net profit,

Net profit, $3.50 90
This factory is owned by farmers and il
onerated on a small stream affOrdin@ only
sPout six-horse power. By increasing the
mower and machinery to greater capacity of
course the expenses would be refused and
and profits increased.
The Clement Attachment is simply at
taching the principle of the ordinary cotton
gin to the carding machine IN such a way
that the lint cotton, as soon as separated
from seed, passes directly on the cards and
comes out in the shape of silver. The rest
Of the process is the same, and the machin-
ey the same as in any other factory. and
there is no reason why just as fine thread
may not he spun by a factory Of this kind
with fine machinery of the latest improve
ments as ban be spun in any factory. We
brought some of the silver and the thread
home with us that shows for itself.
The great saving by the Clement At
tachment" is in doing away with the ex-
penSe OF gins, g~in-houses, presses, &c. The
seed cotton, just as it comes from the field,
isput right into the hopper of a cotton
cleaner and passes right on into the attach
ment and then right on the cards as stated
above, coming out in from of silver. The
cost of the gin house in this county would
be more than enough to pay for the erection
OF one of these factories in every neighbor-
hood of three or four farms if the farmers
would only club together and build them.
By dispensing with lint rooms it decreases
the risk of fires. 1t saves the expenses of
Tagging, ties, &c. 1t saves the expense Of
handling the cotton by spectators and pay
ing ireights, storage, &c.-spartan.
Mr.. Stribling and his younger brother re-
ceIVed US gladly. They are gentlemen
Oh good education, good manners and ad-
9fesS Ingenious and industrious, they have
geen Tor eighteen months quietly running
uelr factory away off in the woods, three
9Ies from the railroad-making about ten
uolafs a day and giving pleasant employ
a'l' 10 a few poor girls. 1t is a slow bus
i-tSs and a little business, but it is simple
: comes within reach of a great many of
WI substantial farmers. A common coun-
H.! gn VIII lint from five to six bales a day,
T n. II lakes this one three days to gin one
i avs are very small and only half an
,~I apart and run slowly so as to give the
t%i TIME to do its work. The lint is
s raSu Clean from the seed, coming off
r r@5nt ana smooth, every fibre in parallel
msr, ana the staple unbroken. The attach
NM 4oes not spin it, but only cards and
1ino nc mt into silver ready for the spin
frao !shnleS, which are the same as in other
,an GI.Fs' The yarn from this silver is GER
,oI stohg, even and beautiful. 1t ought
and petter than yarn made from crushed
bss,' usled cotton taken from compressed
II, whether it is or not.
ness. N. = 1o no gushing fortune in the bust
to BE- lg9 per cent. not so, but it seems
fame so'd, substantial investment fer the
Cent r. = u our country, and will add % per
ball iS S'"e value of cotton crop. Mr.. Kim
in man,. y a close observer and has experience
Heade'urlng the great staple. Judge
knows 81 of the agricultural bureau,
mDpr" ABOUT fins. Old Mr.. Howell is
ence Lsa5 and machinist Of large expert
Veriict sathered from them a favorable
thoroog 66Pon this new enterprise after they
%0Ptt.tionss 'A"lnlned and considered ITS
no sr 5s machine" said Mr.. Kimball. "has
tories a. r,as advantage over out cotton fac
thread. bn, process of turning cotton into
thousand y | would rather have a hundred
%facorvT O0llars invested in them than in
'' 1t would be better for me and