The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-08
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE,
MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CLEM-
ACHMENT

MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE GLEN
ENT ATTACHMENT.
Editors Constitution: Some months
ago you were kind enough to publish ar
article of mine on the cotton process, spin.
ming thread from the cotton in the seed
or right from the field as it were. This
new and important feature of Southern
enterprise is now attracting so much in
terest throughout the country, as | am re-
ceiving many letters of inquiry, [ will ask
the indulgence of your widely circulating g
columns once more. | have no personal or
pecuniary interest in this business what
ever, except to make known its extraordi-
nary claims and its peculiar adaptability
to the wants of this section of the coun-
try, especially to the hard working and
poorly requited tiller of the toll who, as
class, really form the basis of prosperity in
every land, and upon whose success the
comfort of every citizen in large measure
depends. [ believe it is to be an establish
ed fact that with present surroundings that
there is but little profit to the planter who
sells his cotton for less that ten cents per
pound. 1t is equally plain that with con
tinual increase in the product of this crop,
that there is but little prospect of a rise in
the price, and yet cotton is the staple crop
of this section-cotton raising, in the main,
is the money process of this country.
Then if the premises taken are correct,
the inevitable conclusion must be that our
outlook for the future is one affording but
little encouragement, to the cotton planter
at least; IN fact, to sum it all up, it just
about amounts to this proposition, in sub
traction, that two from two leaves naught;
and is not this about the true history of the
case as it now stands?
If the matter could only be reversed and
be made to work by the rule of multipli-
cation instead of subtraction, then we
might look forward with brighter expec-
tatons.
We now propose the new ''cotton pro-
cess" as tht finger board to the reversal
that will change the proposition, bye and
bye, to an example more like this, three
times three make nine.
In manufacturing the thread from the
field the country will realize the value of
two crops from one-double the amount of
money in one year. On the other hand it
will curtal a very large portion of the eX
penses of the old plan, and by saving
money we add it to the profit side.
. With proper Judgment and organiza-
ton one or more Clement attachments
could be run in each neighborhood, either
individual capitalists, or by stock COM
panes of the farmers themselves, utilizing
the water powers or steam as the case may
suit best Connected with each mill might
be store, or stores, grist mill; and other
enterprises would cluster around, post of
fee, school, church, shops, for mechanics,
etc.
Common sense indicates that right in
the heart of great cotton belt, within a
region as healthy as this, and climate un-
equaled, where labor may be congregated
as cheap and as effective as any spot in the
wide world, capital and machinery must
eventually move to the material, as natur
ally as the waters, though obstructed for
time, must make their way to the sea-
The new cotton process is so very SIM
pie that women and boys can do most of
the work; in fact the machinery of the
Clement attachment understands its busi-
ness so we'll that all it needs is to be fed
and helped little. The cotton from the
field is poured into hopper, and after
making its trip through the machinely,
comes out the other end beautiful in
deed the very best of thread, and | can t
now say how far the day is off, when it
will drop the garments themselves ready
for use. The Westminster mill is the en-
terprise of a young mechanic, ]. V. Strib-
ling, who induced his father, Mr. Stokes
Stribling, and two other neighbors, Mr..
Terner and Mr.. Shelor, all farmers, to en-
ter stock company with himself. They
selected small creek. affording about Six
horse power, put up cheap frame build
ing, 25x5o feet, with two floors, and bought
the machinery, consisting of one cotton
cleaner, one Clement attachment, 3oc
spindles, two reels, bunch and bale press
Total cost, $500.
They employ one superintendent "a
younger brother of the proprietor), sever
girls and one boy, and here are the result:
for the first twelve months:
10000 pounds seed cotton at 234c. $4,I25
Operations and contingt expenses I,5oo-$5,o2
! RESOURCES.
/ 10000 pounds yarns at Isc. $4,000
1900 pounds wasted I44
5000 bushels cotton seed $50 7,4e
Net profit $I,S6
This mill has now been in operation 2:
months, with results highly satisfactory t.
J all the parties concerned. The proprietor