The Opelousas courier., 1899-09-02
The Roundup Bale Press.
BENEFITS TO FARMERS N GINNERS
DEMONSTRATED IN OPERATION.

plants IL the country. lilo has bee
using the rounllap bale for two years
and expects to put up 5000 10 1000
bales of 500 pounds each during tn
coming season. Mr.. Pratt has aIse or
gained companies for building tw
very large roundlap bale plants at Tus
caloosa and Demopolis, Ala, and es
{ points this year 10000 to 10000 bales o
$50 pounds each, or the equal of 1900
or 10000 square bales. 10 IA letter to TIN
Manufacturers Record, giving his ex
p%erience with his Huntsville plant, h,
says:
1--WE are ginners wRAcnttOn manu-
fa%cturers, and opsFate ~tess30-saw gins
and four presses. For twos4ears we
have operated roundlap bale piesses o.
the American sCotton Co. Tn frs
year we handlcl 1900 500 pound 1nles
This year with a goo6s crop in tl,e.Ei;
clnity, we expect r put up 5000 or TO-.
600 bales. Oar experience has been most
satisfactory, both from a ginner's and
a manufacturers standpoint, and the
fact that we hanp so largely increased
II business Is ample evidence that
the planters are we'll satisfied. The
universal opinion expressed by all GUS
toners is thatzhey are more than salts
| fed. And why should they be other
wise9 We gin and compress for ST.
and pay the planters one-eight cent pre-
MUM on their crop, or if we buy in the
seed, as is now the rule here, we pay
them on this basis, and they sell their
load and get spot cash for it, thus saving
much labor formerly necessary. Under
the old process they paid So for ginning,
made q trip to the gin with their load,
generally had to leave it and wait SIEVE
raj days for ginning, and then made a
second trip for the cotton and seed and
another trip to market, In the spring
we furnish them seed at the same price
we paid when the ginning was done,
and they are then sure of getting
good seed for planting, and only what
they want. Any planter who has dealt
with us will certify to the fact that
he can better afford to haul cotton TWEEN.
ty or thirty miles to IL gins rather than
gin near home, with the extravagant old
fashioned method. He can not only
save time but make money 10y SO doing,
and gets paid for all tho cotton he
brings, whether he sells ut once or holds
his crop. He also appreciates the saw
ing in having the bale sampled once in
stead OF many times, and he further I'M
that he gets a better grade
than he does on the old gins. owing to
the superior machinery used for clean
ing, etc. So much fof the planter.
Nov, let lis see how the Sinner
First, he can gin. cover and
compress 500 pounds of lint in eight
minutes, using Il good outfit of five 70
saw gins to the press, and can do better
Will, ii larger battery. This can be
done at Il cost not exceeding forty cents
all told, while the old process costs him
not less than 1925, including baggipg
and ties. In case the ginner wants to
buy and sell Gotten on his own account,
most of the railroads of the Sout,. Will
allow him compress fees of eight and
,ne-half cents per hundred weight,
)r for fOrty-twn and one half cents per
BALE. Ii he wants to sell Ills cotton TO
he American Cotton Co., it. allows
Tim a premium of 1926 per
,ale over the value of the same cotton
n square bales at his locality. thus Civ
ng him 1926 net after paying royalty
It twenty cents per hundred weight for
anne and regular inspections. The gin
liant Cal be run with less labor and
ess cost of insurance than the old sys-
EN-, and if cotton is stored, four times
s much a be placed in the same
There is no chance OF mixing bales
r samples, owing To the perfect sys-
sm in use and no chance nf losing cot
)n by country damage, as water will
OF permeate the bale, owing to all air
eng excluded in balIng. The street
uyer, sampler and cotton thief, owing
complete covering. have no chance
!, get their 'auger in to use a common
lis there is no necessity for
lttiDg the covering under the Ameri.
IN Cotton Co.'S sampling sytem.
"FrOm a manufacturers standpoint
10 advantages Of the system are too nu.
erOus to mention, but tho best evil :
of the advantages derived by the
ills is that cotton finds u ready sale
a good premium owe the square bale,
new mills are now being erected I,
hich will do away with bale breakers, II
'ssity for middlemen, as the mills can 81
ly direct from the ginners or from the "
merican Cotton Co., and be sure of /
sting what is ordered.
"The warehouseman who has handled
. r%pundlap bale is loud in his praises.
g has no turtle backs to handle, no
st ties to replace, no damaged bales to
ok and inspect, and he knows that the
eight stamped plainly on tile burlap
vering is the actual weight of the
lie, and will not vary. He can handle
the mills, load in cars or on wagons
ith half the help formerly required, Z:
d his warehouse is not Uttered up :
til cotton and dirt, as under the old !
stem. The howl of the middlcmep, I
handlers, compress stock ]
lders and operators is but natural I
d expected, as they are hurt, and 9
dly hurt. But who can blame them +
r trying to get up combines, compress 1
lists, regulation-sized press boxes, Z
vs. to prevent the operation of the +
md bale system, and for telling all 4
Ids Of stories about bard cores (Which {
not exist, etc? 1t they did not see 9
} handwriting on the wall they would =
t be SO vigorous in their efforts. But to q
!, producers, ginners, carriers and con- 4
ners, the only four parties who are =
crested, the situation is entirely diff 4
ent, and especially to the producer, 8
0 by reason of the low price of cot 4
J, is compelled to adopt new and =
methods or give up the fight. &
9 new system has come at IL time 4
en- the planter most needed it,, and g
SO who have taken advantage of the =
are free to state that but for g
improved method and its ecuno- x
ing advantage it would be impos- Il
le for the cotton planter to continue &;
The farm" &;