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Cotton Will Hereafter BE Ginnet
and Packed in the Markets whert
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Cotton Will Hereafter BE Gimme
and Packed In the Markets wher
Sold.
The cotton gins and the oil mill were yer
busy the latter part of last week.
feet on the cotton.ginning business, and eac
succeeding year they do more work than du
ing the preceding season.
The farmers are beginning to realize tn
saving in time and money incident TO carry
| ing their cotton toa centre where an ampl
supply OF machinery and all the appliance
| for prompt work are always to be found, an
where ready sales can be made.
Many farmers load their cotton in the f1el
and bring it to the gin Immediately, withou
ever taking it from the wagon, This save
the handling, waste and loss Of time inciden
TO needlessly throwing OF 1t of and on IN
wagon, and otherwise prevents loss
Everybody has now about become con
vinced that 1t is to their advantage 10 sci
both the seed and the lint fresh from In
field.
AS there is no delay in getting any. amour
Of cotton einned any day in the week at Alb
beville, cotton Is coming distance IRON
eight to eleven miles from the country.
the advantage Of those living at distance u
bring their seed TO market before the wei
weather sets in. And those who owe deots
in town strengthen their credit oy promp,
spend have the largest and choicest STOCKS o
the best and most fashionable goods from
which to select.
A two-horse wagon Is fully looded Win
bale Of cotton in the seed, and 80 nothing al
all is lost by bringing the seed and the lint TO
gether.
f has been e retprned w n to the country, and az il
has been demonstrated beyond question that
cotton seed hulls and meal make better feed
for cattle than the raw seed, less seed will be
fed this year than ever before.
The oil mill has been running only about
twelve hours day, but arrangements are 6e'
ing made 10 run the mill day and night
Seed is accumulating on their hands to such
an extent that II no more were received three
weeks time would be required in which to
From the present outlook, the superin
tendent. Mr.. Ferguson, thinks that three
season at the Abbeville oil mill, and it if
thought that four thousand bales will be
ginned In town this season, being and In.
crease over last year OF about one thousand
bales. and from present indications IT VIII
the country will be ginned and packed In the
market where 1t is sold. The delay and labor
Of hauling the seed cotton to other places
than the market involves considerable loss
will sooner or later adopt the improved and
cheaper methods.
For the last few days the ginnerv has been
running in the day time and the oil mill in
the night time. This was necessitated be.
cause OF scarcity OF water, but that difficulty
will be remedied in day or two,l when tn G
ginnery will run during the day, and the fire
In the furnace will not be allowed to die out
noon.
AS there are bnyers of seed at every town
where there are gtnneries and buyers OF cot.
ton, the cotton as 1t comes from the field will
naturally gravitate to those points and every
railroad depot, which is located in cotton
centre, Will have It's ginnery, and planters
will patronize those glnneries which are In
the markets where they propose to sell their
seed and lint.
When cotton is loaded on wagons 1t makes
very little difference In cost, whether q man
takes 1t three miles or ten, but the advan.
tage OF quick work and prompt sales, is
greatly preferred to disappointments, short
hauls and frequent reloading.
The fact is, If man Is going to sell both
the seed and the lint, he wastes his time and
labor II he does not take It directly TO the
market, and be done With 1t at once. What's
the use OF hauling 1t about over the country,
and loading and reloading 1t several times be-
fore taking 1t TO market?
1t makes no difference how far man may
live from market, he is wasting his time TO
gin and pack 1t before he brings IL to any
market where there is ginnery.
At present the gins at ADbeville can gin In
any day all the cotton that may come TO
town Tor that day, but In the natural order OF
things the demands upon them will be In.
creased and as u consequence the capacity of
the gins must be increased. Those firms who
are in the business Diust make their arrange
ments TO that effect before the beginning OF
another season, or else other ginneries must
be set up.
Less than ten years ago we had no gin at
all at Abbeville. Then one GIN was set up,
another was added, and later q third gin was
added. After that Henry's ginnery was set
up, with one or two gins. Then the Oil mill
bough out the Mcmillan and the Henry gin.
Rsres and set 1P big GNnSer4 Of their oTn
up, with q capacity Of twenty or thirty bales
day, and now six immense gins at the oil
mill, three splendid gins at the MCMILLAN
gin, and two first rate gins at r. G. Wilson
gle gin the first year that It was run, when 1t
ginned perhaps one twelfth of the cotton
which was sold in this market. From 700 or
500 bales the work has increased every year
cotton in the seed which will be brought 10
this market will be about four thousand bales
or from thirty to forty per cent. OF all the
cotton that win be sold at this place.
The advantage or saving In taking cotton 10
market as 1t comes from the field Is so great
that in the course OF two or three years near
ly the whole crop will be marketed In this
way.
AS soon as other farmers find out the
great advantage OF the new methods they
their crops to market directly from the fields
and the ginneries at Abbeville, Donalds
Greenwood. Ninety-Six, and other central
points on the railroads might Just as vel
recognize at once the fact that great change
Ia taking place, and that they should make
the necessary enlargements Of their machin
cry to gin nine tenths OF the cotton that Will
be sold in their respective markets. The de
mand upon them will be made. The people
are slow to break up old customs, but they
are sure to bring their cotton from the fields
directly to the market In which they intent
10 sell.
Whatever other places may do, 1t is to b,
hoped that the ginneries at Abbeville may
largely increase their capacity before the be
ginning of another season. We will gin mex
year not less than six thousand bales-pro
vided we have the capacity.
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