Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-28
MACHINE TO PICK COTTON
Views Of an inventor Machinery
Badly Needed In Texas

Charles Il Mason, the inventor of
the Mason cotton harvester, is n young
man, "A native Of South Carolina, aud
has spent most Of his life within sight
Of the cotton Il Ids He has been
working on the { 'ttun harvester for
nine years. He said TO "A reporter re-
Gently:
the txtendI d use OF my machine
for the harvesting Of cotton Will al
most II, CT revolution In cotton pick.
ing and IT may bring about "A cOnsld-
cradle change IN the price Of cotton.
H. will do tue work OF thirty or forty
men AZ present it cos the planter
about 50 To pack bale Bf cotton; by
the use of the harvester bale can be
pack, d nt n UOtt uf $3.50 IL cUst nearly
$50, 900 00 TO arvest the great colt, n
crop I 1889, and one N See how great
Will be the aggregate amount saved
when the crop Ii gathered 10y machine
cry Nune Of these hArvesters have
been manufactured for the market yet.
We hope 10 have "A limited number In
use next fall am maklng some
further Improvements In the inNen-
! ton Tue machiue Will be sold for
about $780,
It's your harvester the only machine
OF the Kind nn the MAJ Ike ?"
"Since 1870 one hundred patents
have been gwen To the Inventors of
contemplating machines. | have
never heard Of any Of hese many pat
enls except at the utilee la Washing
| ton. There Is No contemplating ma
chine In use. In Texas they have
some kind OF rough mAchiue which
| rnkes up the fibre, but Il
| ~
aud gathers wood, leaves AAd
vi h the cotton. NJ harvester IL q
mAeniue which resembles reaper
sOmeW hat; large number Of slender
cylindrical Iollers, aimed with teeth
Whloh lie below The sufinee Of the cS |.
inder, run over every inch OF the cot
ton plant, ana II the boil has open ed
wide enough TO indicate hat the plant
II ready for picking, The liberia & asp d
by the ruuken teeth, ANA all other sub
stsnces, aud pass through tns ma.
chino. Nothing but The cotton Ia taken
A negro boy and mule eau gather {
CROP q I cotton Win IL We have pro
Iecled our patent In All OF he cotton
growing COUNTIES OF the World, anC
la England
, What will be the feet Of your in
T veniion up IA colt 'n-grpWers aud Ia
bortrs IA The suulh?"
lin South CHIolina my invention
will not te welcomed. lhe farmer
J there luOk forward 10 lie Introduction
, with gl omy turebudings In Texa
, here will be an enthu-ia tic deman'
for tie h rvest r.. he south Caro-
2 lna farmers cannot raise cnttOn II
, such abundance Az IL Is produced II
a Texas on an equal amount OF land
They have o make extensive uae a
comm, cial fertiliz rs and With the nd
? uttiOnhl .Npt nse they do not begin I
q produce az many pounds TO the acre u
n the TexAs planters do, In South Cal
Olina there Is n large negro pOpulatio
aud labor IL chtap The CoLlon-groWe
Is there can gather all If his crop ~
IL smaller Expense than his TexG
Ia oompeiilor. In Texas there
not sn. ugh field labor, and large POI
&c then ~ the crop is slwpys lOsi somt
" times fully One-half " Il is not gait
4. cred There Is 10 doubt that the
will have great advantage over ia
cOttOn-groweTs of south Carolina, an
~ that thty viii be Rble % underse
OF them, The ntgroea Nil have "a see
20 other employ neut There 10 alwa,
N enough else for them to do 9TH
!, crops have been neglected IN Il
~ south because the negroes would {
NJ little else than pick cotton during n
Ia season when Il 10 harvested. DO n
,a fear hat the introduction Of my m
! chine will cause any distnss amor
= the coluTtd p pie l think they vi
vi hpd an AbnnuHnce OF profitable eI
70 ployment 10 other dlreeliOns.