The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-10
Spirit of the Press.
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woals machines that can Success.
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eisnteer er twents u4sn pev szy. ae
blessing - fhe soutt r. av . mea
Aso - the cotton tnewstro is ttss c4a
tE Ne taaN Av5E asE fHts rss1aa.
Ter e seems that inventor arr arErrn-
inei = produce uani1ss tazt @r
harvest COTTON A. 1 sa4 TA ne
AugwtA Chrontc!~ tells - gfHt fh~
lion Iys au i~v re1ce - kuss7- -
y hat Ae considers aUrer@sfat cftHw
picking machine. shtch s~cHs e. Nc
ali that = claimed Cor s euT e
isenet Augusta canirmprAr ecs
On - INFORM IL that she BOLIVAR
states that : machine ~ ~" Same Ha
'ure a. Col Lass reuce machine H4s
been invented aud IS being ~ruaEuf4t
tared IN that state TIE @tes gIt
paper says
Several capitalists ~ green
VIE. are engaged ln the MANN
facture and 8 ~ hoped the -ate
Of 3 machine that Teails picks
cotton n the rate - about 5000
per day. carrying nts rows AZ =
time and getting every boil thaf s.
open. r. - ne hopcf fAay tile
Mississippi Harvester Company
vii prove q monster success II
one thing is needed ~ The south
worse than another. II = a cotton
picker"
We have seen equal, %eouaaent
statements made about tac effective
ness and success - cotton picking
machines. only 20 sec the machines
drop out Of notice. most ukciy hccauRe
they were not what they were crack
81 up 10 be However. Ire strong
probability is that fhe cotton picker.
Is coming sooner or later The QeeS-
ton IS whether we need one lu our
business. one Mississippi editor halle
the cotton picking machine with esl-
dent glddness, bat another Mississippi
editor comes along and alarms ug For
instance. tho Aberdeen (AiiSs9 EXATu-
tncr views the matter with deep con
Germ I'm this fashion
"Nb greater misfortune can be
fall this country, in our opinion.
than the invention 81 a cotton
picking machine. The South IS
the only region IN the world tina
boasts population. or both races.
born and bred 10 cotton picking.
ana 10 this fact is due our su-
premacy in and control or the
cotton industry There a" mil
lions OF fetilo aces beneath genial
suns. under the rule OF other
great powers where cotton pro-
duction is possible. but IN no 9th
er country, except "A portion Of
- IL - ~ a PIP 4*#kARlA Ftt4AA
to the steady labor and monotony
essential TO the cotton harvest.
With mechanical harvesterH the
worlds problem VIII be served.
and almost every cotton spinning
nation will make its own cotton"
This difference or views bet Necn
Mississippi editors seems to set tho
Augusta Chronicle To guessing and
that esteemed contemporary asks.
who shall decide whom doctors dis
agree r" The Chronicle adds
IF the cotton pickers already
invented and soon TO be put upon
the market, do what IS claimed
for them, time alone can tell what
may be the results. one WAY or
another. IT is quite certain that 4
trial VIII be made OF them. anil
how, no matter what may ultl-
mately take place"
The great cotton growing country
OF the Southwest might take 10 the
cotton picking machines and the
question Is whether that wouldn't put
the eastern belt out OF commission as
a cotton raising section. 1t is true that
we might use the machines. too. but
not quite 50 effectively as they can be
employed in Mississippi. Louisiana and
Texas.