The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-18

crit The richness Of the soil Il probably
epl,, ,p appearance as all the soil IN China
seems 10 be exhausted by the centuries
u cultivation"
The Chinese farmer Is n tircless worker
and a careful and intelligent cultvaior'
but he does not get the results from the
soil which an American farmer does,
either fn cotton or any other product. and
the character and quality OF his products
do not begin TO compare with those OF
this country. This Mr.. King attributes
60 the exhaustion OF the soil which ia 20
longer able 20 give either tho nutrimcnt
or the quality to its products which marx
those OF the West flavor being especially
lacking IN the fruits aud vegetables.
The Chinese methods % cultivation are
very crude in cotton as Ia everything
else. an the implements being rude and
most OF the work being done by hand.
The average farmer usually has COW M
"A donkey, and he frequently bitches them
both up together and an OK OF q horse
along with them. II he IS so fortunate as
to possess either
'',rhe Chinese cotton plant resembles
ours very much In appearance. said MI.
King. though I am unable to say whe'h-
er ID Is the same variety. The plant j.
small. seldom attaining a growth Of over
two feet and rarely bearing more than
dozen hollis. The cotton which Is produced
las the same appearance as ours. but tn
STABLE Is very short and Il is not so
strong as ours. rhe Chinese have num-
ser Of interesting processes in preparing
the cotton for the loom The lint Is separat-
ed from the seed in rude gins operated by
hand These gins consist Of two rollers
revolving against each other. The Chinese
have never learned the principle or Inn
partIng the motion Of one roller to an
a. raff az an a Z NJ
,iependently. one usually being turned by
hand and the other by means OF a crank
with the foot. There are no saws or teeth
On the rollers and the cotton and seed are
plnched apart the result being That the
lint comes out very iat Tho cotton Is ted
in a handful al time. and the process
81 ginning. n such IL can be called, Is
painfully slow.
after having got rid Of the seed
the fattened lint IS restored TO a huUy
condition by bringing u In contact with
the vibrating string OF long bow a
strong catgut string Is attached 80 the
bow and this Is vibrnted by hand. This
bow plays an important par, In the cot
tor Industry being used 10 convert the
cotton into bats and again into long
strings preparatory 10 spinning. me
men who use the bow make regular
business OF Il. visiting the cotton fields
IN tho season and doing the work TOT the
plants. They have a peculiar knack IN
handling .be bowstring which enables
,hem 10 get really remarkable results.
After being converted into strings the cot
40, ,s spun by hand by means o. a short
rttrk with hook IN che end Of II. by a
po~nliar twirllng process and constant
sroV-ing down with the hands rough
yarn Is produced.
FOR weaving the cotton the Chinese
NV n hand loom which bears some re-
.~,,t,a,~e TO our oid-fashioned hand
,,,r,a ard which looks very much Ike
~. cutting frame which are 20 be seen
-. .,,,. ~ our country households. The
.h,,,tie IL drawn back by hand and this
,,,,,,s the width Of the cloth 20 the reach
- mo weaver the usual width being
49,, elvhteen inches. The Chinese were
-. much surprised when our wide
,,.o,cp cloth. especially the double widths.
- introduced into their country. They
.a,,is not understand how Il was possible
- bur.s> beings 90 have such a reach
o. arm. -. a.. 10,
,,-,.d into China. In fact, YOU can
so,slv ana village market whore YOU
,.t,t not fna traders with their harrowu
- rnVlgeh and American yarns for sale
.r,e chinese buy the foreign yarns ana
- ,hom with their native yarns using
80 Tor the worp and the other Tor the
.-,,,f Thus making q smoother ciofh. The
~.stve warn a. tougher than ours und
r,.ires q more durable cloth"
sr-bere 4 not the slightest danger 20 the
south, Mr.. King says. b. reason OF CON-