The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-13
HAS 1T.
axr. Mr.WI E. Jackson Solves the Cotton
b., Begging Question.

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m,AaMaeh6ee to DecorHcate the Cotton Stalk
" S~aup8ampes Of Bagging WOOs"
. from the Fibre.
CottdGOtton bagging from the cotton
ntslkstak.
= baIt,has been the dreamqof theorizing
acon8ssRqmists.
10 Like many theories it was listened
- anbosaRd smiled at.
TIwoEdward Atkinson, Of Boston, the
3waminent American -statisticsn, was
~Ian5boHght to be phrase.making when at
a sla9TlAtlR9ta he predicted that the products
- ~hofthe, cotton plant would prove more
vaIIGBa1uable than it's feecy lint.
Was Mas he the mouthpiece of natures
5a~radeeFee that the cotton stalk should
T4za7fitself4 cover, as it has fructiied, the
gnowSmBwE burden?
Let fLetit suffice that the jute problem
.ba+ ithbathas stared every cotton planter in
%Io thu face, and in sore travail driven
1ar, them at an actual net loss Of over ST.
= be1s bale to use substitute bagging, is
1ov Pow at an end.
rrr THE IA At THE WHEEL.
NJ MI, Wm. E. Jackson, a young Au-
augusta lawyer, is the man who offers
p the solution of the question to the
South in his bagging manufactured
F-o~o from old field cotton stalks. 1t was
- traertheory there on his law Office floor
~,asf yesterday, but a roll of bagging, and
-~av gr&Yheaded cotton factors and mer-
chants wanted to cheer as they fingered
s7e the new fibre in the yanks and woven
=, winwarp and wool
vorTTMery few Of Mr. Jackson's friends
I'D had any idea that matters other than
80. these of a legal nature were occupy
80 ing his time; and this announcement
In The Chronicle Of the success of his
a~roreforts will be the first intimation that
"a he has been busy in experimental
ra74felds.
A "a Chronicle reporter has known Of
MS his labors and with their success the
b, ban of secrecy is removed.
,,-DEMoNsTRATENe IT'S UTILITY.
q0bo The Gel. Sellers element was not.
dasi,desg able. This theory must be dem
~-s+,o4gfrated as practicable, and not only
.[;s this but the sentiment against the
go Rte, bagging trust was not desired as
.@~;esbftai. The new enterprise must be
80 demonstrated as fully capable of coping.
-=+b with. as strong a riUel as the jute bag
fling trust before the arena of compe-
2fE4ie9tit{op is entered.
Ras;Besides the roll Of bagging on the
7af9Qr there we're punches of the cotton.
-+a1stRKa fibre in various stages of it's pre-
~~a~aparation; jUte butts, bear grass and
- Other, fbres to make comparisons.
TanGsf1ers had already gotten wind Of
80 the new bagging and gathered in Mr..
~-.+Jackson's law Office. There were
many cotton men in the number and
= their questions elected the informa-
49, tiQn that every intelligent reader
" II I'D ask FOR.
soKE FACTS ABOU IT.
r MF. jackson had his thoughts
turned to the utilization of some one
Of our many native fbrous plants as
a competitor Of the jute article. He
: oorgged up crude machinery at his
1~6Shome in Jacksonville and for the
Past six months has been experiment
2,orii Ing 65gE The cotton stalk rewarded his
-sefoFts by being found susceptible of
aIo Treatment in his machine which sepa
rated E fine fibre resembling lutte from
the gun and skin of the bark.
- He grew sangEine as this fibre was
subjected to first one then another test
and holding his counsel wentdiligent-
to work preparing a quantity of
this : About tive weeks ago The
us IN ChfQn5cb printed q personal mention
G",,off his departure for New York. With
!. him he took this newly-found fibre.
At At the jute bagging factory of Mr. j.
= E99Fodd at Paterson, N. j., Mr.. Jack
son spent several days preparing for
CHE FINAL TEST.
He was kindly assisted by the pre-
3prri9tQr, Mr.. Todd, who turned over
his factory and help to him, and at the
MS end. Of three days the jute machinery
turned out a roll of cotton stalk bag
ggifngp that was pronounced by Mr..
snTodd equal in every respect to the
Demands of the cotton planter and the
trade for a cotton covering. 1t is
Uas6mbes of this roll that is now creating
such a profound sensation in cotton
81SGeircles here.
Mr.. Jackson separates the fibre on
d machine which was patented and
4 ppesrfected for South American fibre
eTe2perfments. He holds letters patent
oAaan1 the apparatus, which is covered by
IN ffesttGteffs patent in the United States,
l3bGahada, Mexico, South America,
0aEFarnance. Germany, England, Spain,
Er9a14fB Belgium. 1t cost $35,OOe.
an 00is HOW Il MACHINE WORKS.
-, The principle consists in running
HIS bArE hotvaen a corrupated drum