The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-15
REDUCE THE BALE.


been subFeeted 70 many experiments.
The Old azk Z seems. : me only
aag- TIE eg.itaua1 Il com and small
grams have - agasogg hundreds ofinven-
ions winch zre wear - sear relieving the
farmer II rs p uresome labor. quite a
num- e d interesting questions viii come
- before tae cogoa Planters Association.
and no,ably among ~hich viii be the SUBJ
&c. Of reducing ire zaze Il TIE sale. The
following reasons. gwen BY H. Bard.
N he Jackson Tenn. H-t.s are worthy of
adoption
~Goeon Is pa; up ii large. un@ieldy bales
Of from -5o. q SO pounds. or an average
OF abou: 5oo poands per BALE =; a. was
a hundred. years age. Everhins has
gane forward = he march OF progression
aai improvement; eNcep, cotton packages.
In The an;e-beliuul days,when the southern
Planter possessed his score 81 more Of
slaves. i.raa:,ered little % HIM TO lave
haif-a-dozea able-bodied ncsroes, 10
handle bale Of cotton. But II he pre-
sen, day Of ndins -plo~s. rsine-binde0'
ard eeer, sert Of laboT-saying invention.
Re :i;ne j, RAPIDLY passing when the cot
toa grower wants 70 reduce The extra ioree
-cqaifed around The sinho1se and teams
70. Transporting sub cumbersome pack
ases. Corn. oa.s and barley are 10; pu;
~ II 3co-pound packages; why should
s:.aT. be Hay has elfeady gone through
ne redu ton TO ioo-f,aund bales under
The manipulation of the >hread northern
leaders ,sflsi! : ft..' e. .. t14, .,.s.e.e. They
were =9siek = see ;ae advantage ei sma4i
h..e>. and nnw VOC never zee i bale Of
haA Of oter 10 pounds. There are no
s5oG Feasens WY ca,:a:, shoaid &c pa ked
i. - Il are balc, II. there arc num-
Der q. gooo. reasons Why it should ne
packed II iao-pouad bales. Commene-
tuJ at the cotton press i; would no, re-
latre 4 press costing The enormous sum
Of 100 % 10 y pres, - psf Up !oo-
pean3 bale eo4ld be 5a..; iar forty e.
ti.& t9i,aes. ard ; weald N, require =
,.so-s.al s.n-house a. ~oald
~: - = h'-h. .i.i ene-s,on.
:.az:se s:.ey w..h - N he
-.1a:.d V1a.a >..tri { Then. tie bag
.as al tles n.et no, BE 81 / heavy
::s..:e::...l. y. ler:se beng amply s..tfi-
Ell. TIE fame. so lives iiftecn o.
,uea:y m.ies II lie loll.1y doc, no. nave
% purchase and hael several thousand
pound Of hea,N ron ties and bagging.
one hundred pounds or So Of wire nils
me b.u Tor les. and his bagsins is
.isa edas Ell. II nas IN ward. Il with
weisll,. Then. when he loads his cotton
10 haul - marke, on his wagon how SIM
pie and easy 10 place ioo-pound bales on
ms wagon instead OF calling his nelghbors
10 assist IN loading the soo-posnd bales.
Tie cotton beyer will prefer il. It re-
dlee> hlsyafd iorCe he can sample Ii
better he an penetrate lear through
The bale II he wishes no opportunity for
fa.sc 2aCS.us The -ailvoads would pre-
;ei L; a. i, reduces ,heir haadling iorce:
they could sore more cotton II CT
HEREBY offering cheaper transportation.
They very frequently sutfer heavily from
los, y ne burning p i whole load
II cotton. which n transit. spask from
the loc cnlo,ife -ets into a AR II cotton.
AID ,he,rau men are unable II &c; a. me
.a-poand bales ana move them quiokk
81 81 he eaf whereas. they could
match he lco-pound bales or, quick
y ard either save part OF al Of a car
Steamboats, weu.d prefer the TO pound
bales tor ne same reasons. With the far
-ther- benefit al -h..sHS- ae.e store away
more cotton. there being many Granny
where they could poke in 4 loo-pound
bale where they could no, ge, 4 500
poandei Further. in the presen, condi-
slan Of the new south. where she is erect
ins her cotton mills IN every en,erpnsins
community the Ioo-pound bales would he
tar preferable le>senins the expense of
the purchase and accumulation OF the old
ties. useless, save for old iron.
Ii the compress companies are afraid
OF beng hur,. they need fear nothing, as
they could place several ioo-pound bales
together and compress them INTO one bale.
A. :o-rcducins the grade Of bagging,
common cotton cloth would answer every
purpose for he small bales. Cotton.
thereby furnishing is own covering. be-
coming alinos, independent. Of iron and
hemp u,onopolies. our home cotton fac
torres would reap large benefits IN the
manufacture OF The cloth tor bagging. and
;hl> cotton bagging does 70, become
worthless When taken OF he bales at the
factory IS hemp bagsins does BIT comes
IN sen1cc a; nearly halt puce a paper
material br, worth even more for many