The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-28


IRON is to be fastened. Dimensions. 15x
10 10 iee'' ny II feet front, and feet rear |
ne9e dimensions will give sufficient
space Tor holding thirty bales of cotton
and the four feet fall from front 10
ie<r VIII De enough to carry the water
OH the room; 800 feet of framing and
plank Will frame the building floor i
and leave enough plank to strip the
sides and end and roof nlacino tho
plank 10 inches apart to fasten the iron
SneetlnS to. Cost for the lumber ahout
Sl4.oO. The cost Of enough corrugated
roo1lnS to cover the building will amount
TO 49Oo The cost of steel sheeting for
the sides, front and rear Will amount to
$lS.OO all delivered. Cost Of labor for
building should not be over 800 making
total cost of $1,000. These specifications
provided for SleeperS 2XS placed p
inches apart to support the flooring, ana
sufhclent framing to make the bracing
strong and durable. If such a building
We're called UP for four feet on the in
side it would make a fine room for stor-
ing wheat or threshed eats 1he ware
house as here specified should be erected
at least 80 feet from any other building
which would render it as near fire
proof as any warehouse can be con-
structed. In such a building the rate
O. insurance on cotton stored would be
about 50. 40 on the hundred for twelve
months, or at present prices for cotton
about cents per bale per month. Short
time insurance would of course be lit
tie higher, but not more than 10 cents
per bale per month. This is cheaper than
the rate usually charged for storing in
the public warehouses, and there would,
nfa no
age. II cotton SO stored was sold in
bulk when prices suited, it would be
best to deliver the cotton at station,
have weighed and sampled there and
shipped without passing it in one door
of a public warehouse and out at the
other, paying from so cents to IS cents
per bale for the privilege
EFFECT OF COUNTRY DAMAGE.
The losses annually sustained by the
producers on account of country damage
is enormous. What cotton there is being
held on the farms can generally be found
lying out on the open ground without
any shelter whatever to protect the
staple from the deteriorating effect Of
rain, sunshine. wind and rot. Very often
the bales left lying fiat on the
ground and after two months of such
exposure the value Of the staple, by rea-
son of the damage which follows such
methods, is oftentimes reduced fully two
cents per pound | recently looked over
a statement issued by a prominent spin
ner showing the deductions, on an aver
age which American cotton had to suf-
fer. The discounts, included the tare,
country damage and other fixed charges,
amounted to 40 pounds per bale. The
of
heaviest. This clearly indicates that
when the farmer sells a bale OF cotton
weighing 500 pounds that he receives pay
for ONLY i51 pounds of cotton. The 49
mounds are contributed to make up the
average losses charged up to him for the
deductions of tare of bagging and ties,
warehouses; insurance, transportation.
commissions for buying, and country
damage and compress fees The present
discounts now against US on account OF
country damage could be easily el11nl-
mated il the farmers would exercise more
care in providing better facllltleS Tor
sheltering and protecting their cotton
from the weather. Under existing con-
ditions. the men who take good care OF
cotton are so largely in the minority
that they have to share in the losses or
average discounts charged up TO thoSe
who are indifferent and careless. hhoN
Of no subject which should receive moro
Widespread attention by the producers
than that of providing better faculties
for protecting their staple from the Ter
ribla effects Of moisture, ram ana sun
chine A visit to any of the large city
T warehouses late in the season When COZ
ton is being shipped from the farms
whore it has been held, will convince
o,v man that the average planter seems
to care very little about the future
yalue of his staple. The bales often
times have to be repicked, and heaVy
losses for damage and feductioh III
,voioht must fall upon the shoulders Oh
the nroducers who failed to proVlue SUI
fciant protection for the cotton on the
farm. Our cotton should be helo anu
sold slowly. but in the meantime we
,nust build storage houses TOT IL ',u
protect it at the minimum coS' Ao'
ing.