St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-22

no longer the set Of rasoally leaders
like Guice, Burkltt and Kolb, who
are not worthy to come into th<
presence Of IN honest Southern
farmer.
We have left just two weeks fol
active w0ek.-New Delta.
COTTON PICKING MACHINE
The GREAT PsODLEx Solved Al
Lssr-TaE NAcmlxE WILL Pics
8sx RAL.s Is TWELVE HoCRs.
Just 100 years ago Mr.. Eli Whit
ney caused . great revolution In
tie cotton industry BY inventing the
cotton gin. BEFORE that time th<
cotton industry amounted to almost
nothing. The slow, tedious pro
gress q separating the lint and TIT
seed BY hand rendsssd cotton rails.
ing very Improbable and few farm
efs cared to raise Il. But Whit.
ney's yin brought . great change.
Cotton raising became profitable
and in . few years farms which
had been sown il small grain OF
planted In corn were turned into
cotton fields. The popularity Of
the cotton crop increased year after
year until the South became almost
one great cotton field.
Another revolution In the cotton
industry is Ut hand another clever
head has Get new wheels Of progress
going another remarkable machine
e in operation /: another blessing Il
offered to the struggling farmer,
just when be needs It most. For
the last year or two the price Of
cotton has been falling and it has at
last reached . price which is driving
the farmer to Other crope. The
cost q picking cotton y % great
that unless Il is reduced the farmers
caaaot afford to raise Il In truth
It b tie cotton pickers and not the
planters who get the lions share ol
Tie prodts a The crop. When cot
ton opens It must be picked. - It
soon becomes loose IN the burr and
b easily beaten cat by the rain.
When Il tails to tie ground Il gets
full Of dirt, and makes . bad sample,
which gives the buyer IN oppostuni-
t. Of cutting the price. On this ac-
count the farmer, instead OF picking
his own cotton, h forced to hire
hands to do Il.
TO reduce the cost OF gathering
cotton 90 Is to make the crop prof
liable il what the farmer has been
vainly striving to do for years.
There h . solution to every problem
and will be found sooner or later
when the right man arrives. The
problem Of picking cotton was
solved. A machine has been invent.
ed-a cotton picking machine
It b 10 operatioa On NJ. D. D.
Samue)s' farm, near the FAIR
Grounds.
Yesterday afternoon . News re.
porter, in company with Mr.. Philip
Sanger, went out to see the mach.
Inc worked and the kind OF work It
could do. The cotton was fairly
well opened, aiiording An oppos.
tunity for . thorough test.
It b rather di@cult to give .
clear description OF the machine.
II Is supported by two large, wide
tracking wheels, and drawn BY two
horses. Between the wheels are
two revolving upright cylinders Gov.
cred with short revolving spindles.
set with rows Of bristles. In opera
ling the machine the two large
wheels straddle . TOW Of cotton,
he stalks passing between the two
cylinders. The spindles revolve
rapidly, and. pressing against the
open bolls, the bristles catch the
lint and twist Il out Of TIE barr. A
he cylinder turn around Il Is raked
% the spindles BY bristled scrapers
upon the elevator belts, which car.
y It over the machlne into two
large bags. The machine looks -
thoagh It would tear . stalk OF cot
boa to pieces, bat such b not the
case. The News reporter examined
rows Of cotton after seeing them
picked, and could not And IN injured
Italk-a0t even IN injured boll Of
bloom. Several blooms were exam.
ned closely aud not one of them
Nd . petal torn.
Ab0at half . bale Of cotton vas
picked IN The presence Of the visit
~ 70 show what kind Of work this
Irsat laboc-saving machine could
10. 1he cotton. while & had sooe
ITeea leaves h Il, was fAr cleaner
EAaa mast q tle hand-picied CT
%. neee wsss 70 hoQs, 10 pieces
4 beokeo Stalks asd 10 dit n i,
& w. hee hon ~ tsash except
Iseea leaves, whicA can always Be
bud d greater q less quantities |
, - c1easest hasd.pioked cotsoa. |
fsw nea picking b. Ne haadsed |
Doaods Will leave - little cotton o. |
- stalk - tie aachise does. ]