The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-01

cotton field. and the only obstruction to
re oneration is the necessity of picking |
the cotton. This overcome, the mill be-
oins TO work, cotton is carried to the ma
chinerv in the seed and is discharged from
# in the shape of yarns. Every particle
of lint is stripped from the seed, SO that
no material whatever is lost in the opera
ton Seed cotton that went into the mill
worth say Z cents a pound comes out
worth between 10 and II cents. These
figures may be inaccurate, but they are APP
proximately correct. At any rate they are
accurate enough to show the relative value
of the cotton in the seed and the cotton
that has been so cheaply spun into marx
etable yarns. These figures, however,
stand for the values only. In order TO get
at the profits, we must add to the actual
profits on the yarns the cost OF compress
ING at the in-house, the cost OF ginning'
the risk on the lint room and Clubhouse,
or the per cent of insurance, the cost OF
bagping and ties, the cost of storage and
weighing in market, the cost OF wharfage,
tbe cost of steelage and sampllng--
amounting to thousands of bales annually
and the cost of compression for hnal
TRANSFORMATION. We must add these costs
70 the actual profits realized on the seed
cotton by spinning it into yarns In other
words. the little mill at Westminster
leaves in the pockets OF the farmers the
| relatively immense sum of actual cash rep
resented in preparing the cotton bale for
market and laying it down on the wharves
of New York The cost is not annihila-
TED; it is actually saved to the farmers, and
| for that reason must be added to the prot
its upon the yarns.
IF there is a weak link in this chain OF
reasoning, we would be glad to have 1t
| pointed out. for in matter of such prime
and vital importance as this, we desire
above all things to avoid any statement
that will even seem like eXaggeratlon. The
Hon. Mr. Awtry, of LAGRANGE, in an adj
mirable argument of the necessity tor dl-
versified industry, printed in Tile Constr
tuition the other day, pointed out that the
value of the cotton crop, if made into
warns in the South would be increased 100
per cent We presume he did not have
in his mind the immense saving represent
ed in small neighborhood mills such as
that at Westminster. There is not cot
ton-gowing neighborhood in Georgia that
would not grow prosperous and wealthy
in short time if the results of these mills
are such as they are described to be. In
deed, every neighborhood would become
town with its factory, or factories, its
churches and its schools. Employment
would be given to labor that can be pro-
fitably employed in no other way; immi-
grafton would flow in to share the pros
perity and capital would come from dis
lance seeking investment. Indeed, we
have no doubt that northern capital will
invest in hundreds of these mills in the
South before another season.
!; We do not advise our farmers to go in
to this species of manufacturing hastily.
What we have said is based entirely upon
what we have been told of this new pro-
, cess. Every statement that has been made
can easily be verified, or proven to be an
exaggeration. There is no necessity for
any mistake. Westminster is easily &C
: cessible, and those who have doubts can
see for themselves. For our part we have
no sort of doubt, for we have the tcsti-
mony of practical men, among whom is
} our correspondent whose communication
we print elsewhere.