Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-08-31
THE ROUNDLAP BALE PRESS.
Benefits to Farmers and Ginners
Demonstrated i'm Operation.

Demonstrated i'm Operation.
Mr.. T. W. Pratt, of Hunts
vile, Ala. lis president of the Yves
Huntsville Cotton Mill, and oper.
ates at the same place one of th
/ largest ginning plaots in the coun
! try. He has been using the round
lap bale for two years, AID ex
poets 10 put up 5000 TO 1900
bales of 500 pounds each durin,
the coming season. Mr.. Pratt ha
also organized companies fo
building two very large round
lap bale plants at Tuscaloosa ant
Demopolis, Ala, and estimate'
that he will handle at these twt
points this year $4,000 to 49,,
600 bales of $50 pounds each, o.
the equal of $4,000 to 10000
square bales. In a letter to the
Manufacturers Record, giving hi'
experience with his Huntsville
Plant, he says:
awe are ginners aud cotton
manufacturers, and operate ter
7o-saw gins and four presses. For
two years we have operated round
lap bale presses of the American
Cotton Co. The first year we
handled 1900 5oo-pound bales,
and the aecond year 5, 100 500
pound bales. This year with a
good crop in this vicinity, we ex-
pect to put up 5000 or 10000
bales. Our experience has been
most satisfactory, both from
ginner's and a manufacturers 8
standpoint, and the fact that we
have SO largely increased our basi-
ness IS ample evidence that the
planters are we'll satisfied. The uni
versal opinion expressed by all
customers is chat they are more
than satisfied. And why should
they bs otherwiseE We gin and
compress for 81 and pay the plan-
ters one-eighth cent premium 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 il, thus saving much labor
formerly necessary. Under tho
old process they raid $s for gin
ming, made trip to the gin with
their load, generally had toI
leave IT and wait seyera days
for ginning, and then made a
secoud trip for the cotton and
seed, and anothea trip 10. market.
I n the spring we furnish them
seed at the same price we paid
when ginning was done, and they
are then sure of getting good
seed for planting, and only what
they want. Hence there is no
waste. Any planter who has
dealt with US will certify to the
fact that he can better afford to
haul cotton twenty to thirty
miles TO our gins rather than gin
near home, with the extravagant
ola-fasbioued method. He can not
only save time, but make money
by so doing, and gets paid for all
the cotton he brings, whether he
sells at once or holds his crop.
He also appreciates the saving
in having the bale sampled once
instead of many times, and he
further understands that he gets
a better grade than he does on
the old country gins. owing to
the superior machinery used for
etc. So much for, the
planter
''Now let US see how the GIN
ner stands. First, he can gin,
cover and compress 500 pounds
OF lint in eight minutes, using a
good outft.of five 7o-saw gins to
the press. and can do better with
a larger battery. This can be
done at cost not exceeding forty
cents all told, while the old pro-
cess costs hin not less than 81, ,25,
including bagging and ties. In
case the ginner wants to buy and
sell cotton on his own account,
most of the railroads of the South
will allow him compress fees of
eight and onerhalf cents per
hundred weight, or fortystwo
and oneshalf cents per bale. II
he wants to sell his cotton to the
American Cotton Co., it allows
him premium of 81. 25 per bale
over the value of the same cotton
in square bales at his locality,
thus giving him 81. .25 net after
paving ROYALTY of twenty cents