The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-12

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5000 to $500 lie couh have attached to
his gin house 4 MACHINE to hull tho
SEED and press out the oil. It must be
uAlerstood that the oil will be clear
gain, for taking it from tho socd oniy
improves the seed either as tcrtilizor
or stock food. Tho value of this socd.
which has usually been left to rot and
waste, may be estimated when say
that II there was variety of the cot
ton plant that would grow in tho
North aud producono lint, but simply
the seed, 1t would be one Of tho most
, valuable OF our crops, Just as flaxseed
Is now IN the West. | think, there.
tore, that the best course for tile South
Is to devote its capital md cncryies to
Improvement, economy and efficiency
III getting the cotton out of tho field
and preparing it for the factories, to
BUY improved gins and build improv-
Ell GIN houses, to get machinery for
properly handling tho seed, to secure
new presses and use new methods of
ballng: Thore is al enormous margin
OF proilt hcre-onc that is safe and
certain. And the work, while it is
in the scope of the capital available to
the South, will employ all the cnnital
that can be spared. It is in this direc.
tion that think the South viii pro-
gress in the next few years, and to
show the Importance such progress
and the ease with which it can bo
mad" is one of the chief objects OF the
cotton exposition"
PLANTERS AT THE EXPOSITION.
"You think that the exposition will
m axe this clcar?"
81 do. 1t will bring to the knowl-
eedge OF cotton planters the numerous
Inventions intended to compass this
end, and they will aStonish us all in
thelr number and efficacy. The plant
hear their merits discussed and their
possibilities explained. That the cot.
ton planter feels the need of such in.
vcntions and will readily invest in
them is plain from the vivid interest
that has been manifested throughout
the entire South BY the new Clement
attachment. But let me illustrate
what the intelligent farmer might
learn at this exposition and how bo
might enrich himself by the knowl-
edge. lie will first select the best
from the number of new tools for cul-
tivating his cotton, and will then study
the method OF constructing the cxhibi-
ton building and Of protecting it from
flre, SO thai he may adapt it to the
construction of the house in which ho
Will store his cotton, gins, &c. He
Will then select the best cotton gin that
is exhibited, which may be our needle
pointed gin or the new roller gin of
Great Braitain. For this gin ho will
select the best automatic feeder on ex-
hibition, and will select for the other
side of his gin the best revolving apron
OH which the freshly ginned cotton
can be carried to Il bcatcr-also select.
ed from the best exhibitcd-that will
clean out the dust, grit and immature
seed that has passed through the gin.
Then, rcalizing that this cleaned lint
must not be rolled on the dirty floor,
he Will buy small prcss-pcrllaps the
Dedrlck hay prcss-and pass the lint
to II from the cleaner, where it is balcd
Immediately. With cotton handled
thus he would command premium
anu could sell it direct to the factories
OH his reputation, or consumers would
send agents to him with the cash TO
buy his crop, as agents now scour the
West buying tho best wool clips.
tneie IS Nov E"Glnnu mill that is
going to establish a branch ofits fncto-
~. i'll the South, simply that it NAV.
rely on getting cotton that has been
properly handled for its own use bv
ginning and baling it itself.
"ln another wing of the building the
intelligent farmer will find machines
for ulling the seed. He will select
the best of these, and as soon as tho
seeds are separated from the lint he
will use them, feeding the hulls to his
stock. These hulls hold one-third of
the mineral element drawn from the
SOIL by the cotton and are worth as
much, ton for ton, as hay for stock
food. The kernels he will send to the
nearest oil mill, selling the oil and
using the ground meal to feed to sheep
folded on cotton ground, thus restor-
ing to the soil the other two-thirds of
the mineral element taken from it.
lie will also select the best of the trash
cleaners with which to treat the storm
cotton, and into which he can throw
the holls from which all the cotton
available TO hand has been picked.
This cotton, usually wasted, will be
saved TO him. All this work he can
40 with his improved machinery, with
one-tliird the present labor and eX-
pcnse, and with enormously better re-
suits. This is the lesson we hope the
Exposition will teach. If the farmers
attend it and investigate and act, we
shall see cotton farms managed with
the same care and system that the
farms Of New York aud PENNSYLVANIA
are now managed.'
$. II. Irwin. Of Ute Creek, Col
fax, Co., New Mexico, says: Nv wife
has been cured of cough Of thirty
years standing by wearing an "Onlv
Lung Pad. See ddv.
W. \. Titus, G2 Ashland Avenue,
Toledo, Ohio, says: My wife is now
as strong as ever, her regaincd health
being directly due to the use of the
Excelsior Kidney Pad. We can heart
ny recommend it to all kidney troub-
led persons.-See Idr.