The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-08-10
A COTTON ~HARvRsrsR.
"A Nav Process or Picking cotson.
Has Boon Invented.

"a VOW OF PiclStnG Cotton
Has Besn Invented,
The following article appearing Ia
the weeks Issue OF the Manufacturers,
Record, as a special from ST. Louis,
will be of interest to the cotton grow.
els Of the South:
To meet the constantly growing de-
mand for greater economy Of labor In
harvesting cotton, the American Cot.
ton Separator Oo,,.of ST. Louis, Mo-,
l.. d. Kiugsland president, through
It's general manager, Mr.. w. a.. Pat
terson, has invented, secured patents
and built machines upon the principle
OF saving OF the cotton crop on the
same basis Oh wheat and other cereals
have been saved for years. Allgraip,
rs everybody, knows, Is separatedfr from
its natural hull by wheat or corn
separators, and the inquiry first start
cd in Mr.. Patterson's mind was, Why
not separate cotton from It's hull by q
similar method? From this idea has
been developed q cotton separator,
and the Americas Cotton Separator
Co., OF st. Louis, Mo-, Is now prepar.
cd to give to the planter or the ginner
a machine that will accomplish this
work.
This method Of securing the cotton
crop from the time the boil first opens
until the last boil OF half unripe optn
ed cotton after frost has struck 1t Is
to gather or snap from the stalk the
boil, deliver it into a wagon, or. car,
take 1t to the cotton separator, which
sucks the cotton from the wagon or
car and passes 1T through the machine
and separates the boil from the HIT,
In the process practically demonstrate
ed by the cotton separator not only
effective work has been done, but 1t Is
especially effective after the frost has
struck 1t, as it raises the quality OF
this cotton at least n grade, and In
s"me instances has raised 1t two
grades. 1t is believed that it will be
admitted by all cotton. raisers thai q
man, woman or child can gather OF
snap the bells from the stem two or
three times as much weight during
a day as can be picked In the ordinary
way. 1t Is also a we'll known fact
that 1t requires nimble fingers to pick
G .ttOn rapidly and successfully, and
even thcn more or less cotton Ia left
in the boil. BY the new method an
old man or woman, as we'll as q child
of IL or IA years old, can pluck the
boil and cotton from the etem.
The South, like all the world, is be
ginning to be seriously affected with
labor troubles, and during the cotton
picking season often it Ia difficult to
secure q sufficient number Of hands to
properly and quickly take care of the
developed crop. e. zen though a plant
or has been fortunate enough to OBJ.
tain a requisite number of hands for
his crop, he Is more or less annoyed
by their failure to constantly attend
TO the duty he has employed them
Tor. This Is not only cxasparatipg,
but is detrimental in the o. 5rem e to
the saving Of the product Of his years
effort In the planting and developing
OF his crop. II Is claire cd that It re.
qlires three men to pick the cotton
raised by one. With the neH method
1t is claimed that the man that raises
the cop can pluck or gather IL, and
that the separator will put his cotton
In q better condition for ginning than
IL now done by the ordinary way OF
picking.
1t Is estimated that at least a. },
600 bales OF cotton are lost through
out the S nth every year, know as
~frostbitten cotton and scaJGeteu ., !
ton left in the field unpioked by the
picker. With the American Cottbn
Separator all Of this COTTON can be
saved, 1t iS claimed, thereby giving
the planter the full fruit OF his labor
and to the South millions Of dollSrs
that otherwise would be lost. 1t Ia
an acknowledged fact that the cotton
boil possesses q nutritious character
similar to that possessed by the seed
This a be util. zed after having pass
ed through the separator by grinding
1T up and feeding to cattle, which Ii
an additional great saving claimed
by the American Cotton Separator.
This cotton separator uses a series of
saws operated by a pneumatic system