St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-13
CYLINDRICAL COTTON BALES


Tests Made to Show that Cotton So Baled
Will Not Barn.
Cotton put up in round bales won't
burn to any very great extent. This
fact was proved before the board of
underwriters Wednesday morning by
the American Cotton Co, which oper-
ates tho round bale system.
The round bale was shown complete
Uncovered, ends and all. with close
~ woven cover, and with no cotton
whatever exposed. The flash haz-
s.rs, - one of the greatest risks in cot
ton, is thus removed by the new
method of baling. 1t was explained
that no cutting of the wrapping of
any sort was necessary or permitted,
as y guaranteed sample of the bale
was drawn IA process of making, and
properly identified
As the objection had been, raised
that the bale could not be sampled. it
was demonstrated perfectly that .
sample could be drawn from the round
the same ~ any bale, simply by doing
it. Then the ends were cut open and
the character Of the. winding fully
shown. The bale was then placed
upon proper supports tho bagging
still further cut aud the cotton thrown
back and exposed, xhd' wood piled un-
der, around and on.tSp of the bale,
and coal oil pourte oeIrr' all Of it. It
WAS then fred.
After ~ minutes the fire died down
and the bale was rolled out, and it was
found that beneath the outer layers
could not peEetfate the ends Of the
bale. simply charring the exposed
ends slightly. 1t was again set fire to,
but the blaze quickly died out.
Meanwhile another bale Of similar
character was shown with an iron rod
run through it and properly support
ed, and this was unwound clear down
to the core. rolling on like . roll of
paper in . modern printing press, de-
livering the cotton in . smooth, regu-
lar bat" ready for the machinery.
There was NO hitch anywhere in the
unrolling.
Then the FIRE bale was returned to.
and to show that water would not
little remnants Of ere that might be
left, water was poured upon the bale.
Then. with the unrolling Of one single
turn, it was shown that under the
first layer the cotton was perfectly
dry and not damaged In any manner.
The bale was then recovered, weighed,
and it was found that it had lost IL
per cent The large number of prom.
inent men, railroaders. bankers, in.
surance men, etc, who were present
expressed themselves - satisfied with
the success Of the test
jerome Hill, of this city. was the
pioneer in the agitation of the neces-
sity for better baling system, and
through his financial backing tho
plant 1t Waco. Tex, which turned out
the frst merchantable cylindrical bale,
was erected. Afterwards he organ
lied the Cotton Ginners' Compress Co
and exhibited ut the Atlanta exposi.
ton q machine which made round,
rolled bales This machine. known
~ the Swenson patent, y the one
which was finally adopted and i'm.
proved by the American Cotton Co, of
which John E. Searles IL president
st. Louis Republic.
The Ideal Farsi.
At some period in the lives Of many
men, there comes = vision of IN ideal
farm to which they can retire from
active business life and enjoy health,
happiness and competence-eacL day
being an idyll and every moment one
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becomes IN object Of earnest desire,
and yet they are never able to reach
that point in life where they think
themselves able to retire from bust
ness. and they die with their eoncep-
ton OF IN ideal farm unattained and
unaltered.
The general conception Of an IDEAL
farm life Il that where every family
owns . home and land enough 70 get .
living and lay BY something for future
media This idea Il entitled 70 the r..