Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-11-09
Patent Cotton Pickers.

lowing aitI't giving Dllti tie
sciipIIun at the s-Ncfai dr> ices Tor
picking cotton that have been pa.
tented. none ct which have pro, ed
su,,~ssiul. In the list We tind men-
toned the patent Ut our drcrns,d
old irh nd, X. A. Cuilih, OF this
riil- who, Tor sOihr YEARS before his
death, dreamed that he had an i'm.
mrnse fortune ~ his glove patent:
AS al special interest III conn.c.
ton with The Atlanta Exhibition,
the Scientific American has illus
iIaitd giouP al len machines IA
vented Tor cotton picking. The
inst Is Hol a picker, bHi Il device
tor assisting the hrid hand by part.
y supporting The weight ct his
body as ht stoops; II consists OF
Two poits, one on each side, to
which Is attached Il broad belt en-.
tHtling The hHi., 1t bag is also
hanging from the belt. No. > is a
light wagon, provided with trans.
verse >ials oi wire across the top.
One man cuts the piant as il It
were grain; the oiheIs take II up
III THE hand and detatcti the cotton
10y striking the plant on these wires.
the wagon bttng driven slowly
along. However rthcncIous this
mode at drtaIchlng the nut, its
success is obviously destroyed 10y
The fact that the leaves, stems,
In,is, and ali OF which 20 hN the
name Oi "liash, must jar uii and
tail III with the Int. Nus. 3, 1, ), u,
and are worked bN gearing oIrr.
alcd toy the Wheels OF the >rhic,c,
sointw hat rs IA reaper Is. In one.
II cNlIn,icr studded with biis les
like carpet sMrcI"r, scratches The
lint from the bells. vi lch ale bent
down toward II 10y IL reel running
ahead, and dcIalches IL 10y contact
with Il tuolhrd cylinder behind.
THIS machine Was patented in Ohio
IN 1872. amd another one, patented
IN Louisiana last YEAR, works sInii.
larlN, having on either side of the
row vi planls two pairs OF Vertical
rcNul, ing brushes. Another, pa.
tented III North Carolina IN 1877,
has Il nuui'"r ot tmrbed flexible
rods which air alternately pushed
up ana down; they dctalci III the lint
from one another 10y their motion,
aud II IN taken mp hN revolving
bands. a New Jrisry uachine
patented M 1876. creates II vacuum
10y n tan. aud attempts To draw thus
The INT mo a wlrr-ganZr cliamlwr,
after having iunsrucd II troln the
hiis. y nawhInc patented ~
Bruukllr III 1870 has TWO broad
cudlrSs rubber belts travelling yer.
tiralll nhI,h arr rArIIrpl electrical.
" iN friction, ald thus attract aud
raIlA the mn, lupsrhru by n reel.
y haud picker patented IN Massa
thus-li> ~ lnG1, worked by turning
IL crauk, has a rilckll rcciplW'atlng
iamGHr, which picks out The hnt
and delivers il Inlu u sack carried
hS the operator. y very simple
tool paIcttrd III Louisiana III 1876
consists Ell It iohg glove armed with
vile houks pointing oward the
wrist, he uSci ifcciHe !, from cot
Ion hl drawing his hand ACROSS n
brush wiicit Is iasirttd to his waist
just above the uIolilh al his sack.
\ Texts dct ice, patented III 1879,
ihrus:s into The cotton cuiItiuuuus
~ motstcn 1t ~pIndi,s. which are
rotated. aud thus catch the lint and
Wind IL on Themselves like cocoon
oil silk \ cuhllIrattd looking
cuntrl, aurr, patented III Kentucky,
III 1866. places cups over each lmll
AMI attempts 10 suck the cotton
into them and connecting tubes'bN
AL air exhaust. These lie, ices have
all failed, AMI Suu,e oi them have
nearI, all quite run on the term Of
patent. They work, undoubtedly,
in a ,lnu,rliral way, hut moi plac.
tirallN. The coI,lI!Ions OF the piob
lem air sr,rie. The pIaul grows
from Two Ia ioui hrt high, and re-
srnhlrs "a miniature apple tree in
the distribution of ills fruit. The
height and sparlnp OF The plants
vary; the hoIls mature uIeSulaIil;
the plals must MOI m' injured III the
cdiN picking, and clash must not
h,. cot into The fibre. The iilrgu.
la,ir\ al the work is the trouble,
the pichiug requiring Il special dis
elimination and selection tor M
rqni>aIen, I" thi>) irr r>riy boil.
Ii applrs grew Oh II low re. iil"n.
in. irrrguiailN, aud must p picked
without taking hur the fruit. the
mohlem at mechanical picking
Guild resemble that at picking cot