The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-22
JANUARY %, 1880.
More About the Southern Cotton
GOld-Mine Machine.

vi. L.. IL. W iClCiu " II NAASt
formerly of Wilson, n. c. writes to the
Cotton Planters Association as follows
1T is but a diminutive gin, l8 inches
square and sc inches long, consisting OF &c
saws, 7 inches diameter, and IA teeth to the
inch ribs to suit. Also a set OF comblng
plates, placed Immediately behind the ribs,
a continuous brush, covered all over with
bristles, with revolving and traverse, or
horizontal motion. This Attachment occu-
pies the place and space OF the Slckerln and
feed-rollers on the ordinary 36-lnch tOp-fat
self-stripping card. There is also a feed
table, chute, stop-motlon, small-drawing
and cam-motion attached to the card, which
constitute all TIE changes In machinery from
the old to the new process, and costs 1878.
The seed cotton is first passed through a
cleanser, (which costs $75, capacity 5000
pounds seed cotton per day, power neces
sary, one half horse then weighed and
spread on an endless feed apron, and falls
through the chute into the breast Of the At
tachment, at the rate of one pound of seed
cotton per minute in making yarns number
ing from SIS to lbs. Whilst the lint is on
the fine saw teeth, the saws pass through the
combing plates, which comb out all notes,
trash, dust, dirt, ETC., lett by the cleanser.
The saws ~revolve $50 to 200 times per min
ute the periphery of the brush a little fas-
Ter, dIlu lIdt VI lHC Sdlu ENIh ACh,tS1S ouoI
the brush to take the lint from the saws,
and the card to take it from the brush,
without permitting it to fly, leave, the ma
chinery, change ends or become tangled,
thereby causing the card to do 5 or 6 times
az much work as by the old process. The
lint passing through the card and dofer in
the usual way, is drawn down to usual size
falls into the. revolving can in the form of
silver, or continuous rolls, and goes thence
through the ordinary drawing frame spindle
and on the spinning frame, where the
thread is perfected thus using only four
machines five, counting the cleanser in
converting seed cotton as it NJ from the
field, into perfect thread, whilst double that
lumber are necessary by the old process.
The new process dispenses with fully
one half the building, motive power, ma
chinery, and operatives saves one half the
usual waste, and produces better and strong
CT silver, rove and thread, than can be
made of baled cotton enabling operatives
to attend more machinery, and each ma
chine to do more work, especially in the
spinning and weaving rooms.
The Attachment supercedes the gin, press
and compress, the opener. wlllamer, lapper,
double-lapper, breaker, and five-sixths of
the cards, because they are only used to
remedy the injury done by the gin and diff
lcTGHt pIcSSCo dboNS uIiSu ~ NlopOL-Sc
with railway and railway drawing head,
slubber, twister, evener, etc., because per-
feet thread can be made without them, and
they are all costly machines. 1t causes the
card to do FIVE or SIX times more work than
bv the old process for the reason that the
flaments are not permitted to loose the ma
chinery, fly, or become tangled, and carding
is but Strengthening Of the flaments. Half
the waste is saved, because only half the
machinery is used. All machinery of gin
and lint-room, and picking-room (which
causes more waste and damage and liability
to fire, than any other is discarded.
The extra strength of the silver, rove and
thread is owing to working the cotton fresh
from the seed, the oil of which has kept it
alive and flexible and also it has never be-
come raped, cut and tangled by the gin;
pressed, compressed and permitted to be-
come dry, seasoned and brittle in this tang
led condition nor has it been injured by
the opener, Wlllamer lapper, double lapper,
breaker and card.
The ginning and baling, bagging and ties,
and seed are saved also the loss In samp-
ling. hauling to market, weighing, and de-
duction of two to four pounds per bale on
weights. No trouble about falsely packed
cotton; and the yarns nave a s,Ween sheen
rot found on those made of baled cotton, and
are IUlI lily 10 VIII II liz ~
tachment cuts off all expenses, loss, waste,
damage, s~tealage, perquisites, and specula
ton on cotton ''in transit from field to fac
tory. be the distance fifteen, or fifteen thou
sand miles.
The gross profits made by spectators on
the entire crop of 1873 and 1879 was the
offence betaceen s cents paid the producer
and II cents paid by tie monufocturer-or
barely enough paid the poor producer for its
production, and 500, 0O0, 00O gross, or about
$50, 900, 600 net, paid the gamblerin spots
and ~'.,fatures."
By the new process, seed cotton only, can
be used, and it will not bear long transpor-
tation. THIS cuts off all competition from
the North and Europe. 1t is the poor
mans factory" for Gas per inclosed report
from a mill, of only one card, second hand
machinery, located at Westminster, S. c..
costing only So, 700,) you will see that it has
net dJout 40 per cent. per Gnnum for the
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