San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-05-15

AhptuIu ~ 80 osSJt
executive COMMITTEES Of tho State
grange, writes % the Brenha@ Ban
psr as follows: gg
Having been sent out TO South Caro-.
lima by the Texas state grange for the
purpose Of examining into the con-
stractiou spd operation Of the machin.
cry for converting seed cotton into yarn
known a. the Clement attachment, and
having made my report to the Office Of
said Organization, ! proposeto give the
membership aud the public the benefit
Of the reformation thus obtained,
through your valuable and widely cir.
oulated paper, provided you can afford
the space. | feel that ] cannot describe
fully everything connected with said
machine 10 this article, hence | will
conGue myself to tho principal parts Of
the machine, and the effect Of its work.
Then as to the machine, and just
before l describe the parts, will re-
mark. that there is no doubt about it's
working, as there j. no new principle
involved 10 it. every operation is as
we'll established as ginning and spin
ming, and done with exactly the same
machinery that is now in ordinary use
with the exception Of the gin, (Which
varies 10 construction but not princi-
pie, being much smaller; the saws are
about Z inches 10 diameter tho teeth
much finer than the ordinary gin, and
run at SLOW rate just fast enough to
gin the cotton as fast as the card can
receive IL, aud work il otfiuto silver or
continued roll, there being q small
brush we'll covered with bristles, used
TO pass the lint from the gin saws to
the cards, and upon these constructed
and combined with the cards that are
in common use for carding lint. or bal
sl cotton, was the patent for this ma
ohine obtained, aud not for any new
invention, This small gin and brush
10 bolted On the front OF the card stand,
having removed therefrom a fiat piece
or plate over which the lat or lap .,oi
lint is passed to the cards, and this
with Q simple feeding apparatus consti
tutes the attachment. Every other
pe.e Of machinery uspl is tho same
that is used in all factories spinning
the balsd or lint cotton. consisting Of
what is called drawing frame, the
object of which is to double draw and
equalizo the silver, which is necessary
to-produce 40 even and uniform thread;
from this it is passed TO What j. called
aspeeder, and here it is made into
what il called rowing, which is wound
en- a bobLin, and from this and, thus
prepared, it goes to the spindles. and
is spun into the size of thread iutcn'
ed when The cotton 10 fed to the gin
or attachment. 1t il then reelod into
hanks, pressed by a hand press into
live pound punches, and the punches
are put into bales Of 200 lbs each, also
by hand press covered with cheal
sacking thread and sent to market
come kind OF q cleaner to run the cot
ton through is necessary, TO knock
out the trash aud dir. and to open W
the locks which is all weighed anj
placed Hpou Q revolving feed table. and
passed to the gin. The parts thu,
enumerated, with some few necessary
to keep the machinery 10 repair. con.
stituted the outfit, less the house anC
motive power. Tho factory that ex
smined at West Minister, South Caro-
lima, was run By water power. and at
tended by one man, two women and
girls. and spun up about 5Olbs OF see'
cotton per hour, the number Of pound
varying according to the size or mum
Der Of the thread spun. Tho thread
being spun while was there vas N,
10, the quality used in making gooC
heavy shifting domestic. and thei
books showed that their yarns ha,
been sold for the last FIVE months q
an average price Of g cents Der pound
tor there was s aud ten which foil
doubles the price Of the cotton
While the smount Of capital labor nee
esssry to spin the cotton does no
much exceed half what Is necessary I
produce Get Ton. besides b. spinning
ibto yarn IL relieved Of great burde
iathe space Of expenses. which justl
be'ongs 10 the profit side have perhsr
said enough 10 give some idea Of th
machine. ana my opinion Of its raerit.
| uill close BY stating that con
siier tia complete scooess. perfect
practical. simple 10 constrgciioa, a.
spd not sHtrsv,s,rt in price. when il
capacity iseObsiaeFed aud that I lee
asjsr SLIissti0n TO the grange Oresni