The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-14
PICKS ,I'HE COTTON.
Messrs Jaudon and Bond Fave New
Cotton Picker
Patents Have been Secured and a
Working Model Made Which
Does all that is Claimed

Tie News and Courier says after
eight months Of experimentation, al
te-ation and investigation, MessrS J.
Z. Jaudon and S. L. Bond, Of Charles
ton, have perfected and patented cot
ton picker which, they believe, will
make the picking OF cotton by hand, q
thing of the past. The machine has
just recently been completed, and after
securing the patent papers from the
Government Offices, the picker has been
exhibited to a number OF friends, most
OF whom believe that Messrs Jaudon
and Bond have a good thing.
The machine is one man affair.
One laborer, not necessarily very in
5elligent laborer either, can operate
the machine. Thsre are no comp!ica
ted EGGS, delicate mechanism or tiny
bolts and wheels to snap at the first
heavy Strain-in fact, the remarkable
sin uplicity Of construction and ease Of
9reration are two of the most striking
features of the picker.
There have been cotton pickerS and
cotton pickers, but most of them were
huge, cumbersome affairs, requiring
many men to operate and costing
small fortune. For some of them, cot
ton had to grow in very precise and
straight rows and others not only
picked the Gotten which was open, but
snapped of green bolls and all and
mashed the whole into a mince pie.
The Jaudon-Bord machine is differ
ent. La appearance it reminds one
strongly OF a rapid fire gun. The sim
plicity OF the thing strikes one at first
glance. The picker is mounted on
three wheels, like q tricycle., and the
TWO larger wheels are close together
SO that they can easily be pushed be-
tween rows OF cotton without injury
to growing plants. Between the two
wheels is suspended sack, and over
the mouth Of the sack opens long
hollow cylinder.
At the end Of this cylinder, are
two short cylinders, fitted with teeth,
and as one turns a crank, these two
cylinders revolYe, catching the fibre
OF the cotton and eepositlng it in the
long cylinder, whence it is carried to
the sack by narrow belt. The opera
tioD OF the crank runs the two picking
cylinders and the conveying belt.
There is nothing to get out OF order
or to mystify the operator, and tiny
delicate wheels and complicated joints
and cranks are conspicuous by their
absence.
M=ssrs. Jaudon and Bond are conf
dent that they have at last solved the
cotton picking problem and while they
are aware o. the fact that hundreds Of
other Inventors have failed to perfect
2 satisfactory machine, they are eager
IL awaiting the cotton season, so that
the machine can be given practical
test, and are convinced that 1t will d.
the work.
Planters have become somewhat
wary OF cotton picking machines, and,
IN the language Of the street, all OF
them are from Missouri and have to
be shown. II the machine will do the
work Of i've OK six men, at the ex
oense OF one, the Charleston men have
2 good thing. II the machine will
pick five or six hundred pounds per !
lay, they will have little trouble in
selling the machines.
Mr.. Jaudon said Saturday that he
1ad received q number Of letters and |
cQuiries relative to the machine, but |
Goes not seem anxious to dispose Of it.
4 number Of farmers and planters
nave seen the machine and have ex-
smiEed it when in operation, and all
.gree that it is a good thing.