The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT

10 the element Attachment which are
Propounded to me thro' letters, sometimes
at the ratio of 100 per week, l submit the
IoiioWing, which have compiled as GOV.
erlng all tie important points in relation
thereto. In this connection it will not be
improper for me to state that the many
newspaper articles which have appeared
ana are now appearing, have been sole
tied by said papers, and have never paid
Tor the insertion of them-nor have any OF
my agents, to my knowledge.
tlrst-ls there any special factory es-
tabllshed to manufacture these machines
Ii SO, at what place, and at what price?
Answer made arrangements with
*. M. Avery, gin stand maker in Mem
pins, Tenn, to make attachments He died
of yellow fever in 1878. Then l got the
Carver Gin and Machine Company of the
same city to make them. Had few made
IN North Alabama, but have lately made
arrangements with the Bridesburg Manu-
featuring Company office 65 North Front
street, Philadelphia, to make complete
sets OF new process machinery, with all
the latest improvements. The first entire
new set made by them was for T. A.
Barnes, Senoia, Ga, who writes me his
mill will be in operation by the Ist March
next. Mr. John S. Striking, in Westmins-
ter, S. c., has promised me to have shop
started in South Carolina or Georgia es-
pecially for making Attachments and
changes on the card, and ultimately, the
cards, drawing frames, speeder and spin
ming frames, etc. The cost of an entire
set of new machinery at Bridesburg would
be about $4,000, and if bought part new
and balance second hand machinery,it eau
be had for about $4,000 or $1,000. Two
or more sets bought at once would be
some fifteen per cent, cheaper. ...
Second-How many spindles to one at
tachment?
Answer-4oo, spindles for yarns num-
bering from eight to fourteen, and $50 to
500 for yarns numbering from fourteen to
twenty-five.
Third-How many pounds of cotton
used in ten hour run? .s...
Answer-From $50 to 700 pounds, as to
quality of machinery and thread.
Fourth-How much floor space does
one machine occupy?
AnSwer-One entire set machinery re-
quires 1900 square feet of steady floor and
an attic room for feed table, cleanser and
tie nporary supply of seed cotton.
Fifth-What steam power will drive
one machine?
Answer-Seven to eight horse power
is ample for one set of machinery; and all
other things being equal, reliable water
power is So to S. 50 per day cheaper than
steam when wood is worth ST. Is per cord.
Sixth-How many hands, and what
kind, and the duty of each, to tend one of
these machines?
Answer-Seven to eight operatives are
necessary to attend to one entire set of
machinery, all women and girls over ten
years old, and would be distributed about
as follows: One up stairs to attend clean
ser and feed table; one at the card and
drawing frame; one at the speeder with
half her time to spare); two at the spin
ming frames, and two at the reels and
thread press
Seventh-How many sizes of yarn will
it spin?
Answer have seen it make the first
quality of yarns of all sizes, from q (car-
pet fIling) to No. 22, and have no doubt
it will make No. 200, or finer than can be
made of baled cotton.
Eighth-Is this Clement Attachment
any thing more than the old hand spinning
ginny on large scale?
Answer-The Clement Attachment or
new process of converting seed cotton di-
rectly into silver, and thence by other ma
chimes iuto perfect yarns, is cotton facto
ry req uiring steam or water power. skilled
labor, an expert superintendent, two-story
building, and 1000 square feet of floor for
the smallest sized mill-whilst the old
hand spinning ginny only required I 5
square feet of floor and negro girl to run
it. They are as dissimilar as the ordina-
nv cotton mill is to the hand cards and
spinning wheel of our ancestors.
Ninth-Do you consider the model of
this spinning arrangement quite perfect
and not susceptible of great Improvements
and consequently great changes?
Answer-I have partly answered this
question elsewhere in this circular. 1t will
be extraordinary if some additional i'm
provements are not made. 1t will do all
represent in its present condition.
Tenth-Is it your experience from ac-
tual transactions that you double the value
of one pound of cotton by spinning into
yarn? nLs .fI5tl.. Is
Answer-This depends on circumstan-
ces Ordinarily, bale cotton, when con-
verted into yarns, from Nos. 8 to II is
doubled in value If the numbers are from
ID to IS there is added say IFS per cent.
by the conversion. By the new process
the enhanced value should be something
more than by the old, for the thread is
more sheeny and much stronger
Eleventh-Do you find ready sale tor
your thread, and is it stronger and better
thread than spun from ginned cotton!
Answer-Yes, yes. See foregoing cir
cular. | am informed that there are 25,-
900 looms in Philadelphia whose proprl-
etors do not own or use single spindle,
but buy all their yarns; and in Europe the
spinning is done by one set of mills and
the weaving by another-almost uniVer'
sally.
Twelfth-Do you have to purchase cot:
ton enough and hold i: for years supply