Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-02
COTTON PlsklR A SUCCESS.
The Price canpbeallIl.!A!?a IL VI. 'iie1Ing Machine
Picks |, ,O0e paantc N Hsvr, |

The practical gu ,ass of the
Price -Camphelhco IA picking
machine was dsmoj7strated on the
plantation Of siat0 John l..
McLaurin, nega il5ys 5oday, in
the presence ofa3larg lumber of
planters and other cit4ens. The
machine picked cotton at the rate
of a thousand p5und7F an hour,
without injary to- the Hant or un-
open bolls. About II. per cent.
of the open cottun lss obtained
at the first picking. ind by run
ming the machine vi the same
rows again, it go, a out 80 ger
cent. of the bal4nce. making 80
per cent. There lvss Ii consider.
able amount Of trhsh,lal the cotton
picked but many ffaqSioal farmers
,sald th9y Ead seer More trash IL
hand>picked cotter.
A hundred aers fsld of cotton
was bough; last isnm mer from
Senator Nc Laurn by Thaodore
H Price, d New York, for the
demonstyat.on of.bhe machine. II
was expoctes tabe here earlier in
the season, Aut could not be got
| ten ready illl new. No cotton
had been piased il sshe. field, apd
the bolls whct opened early in
the season Md been damaged by
stand smase III the field and
the foliage hdShscsme dry and
rotten, 50 tha, thacoston natural
ly made poolerssppearanos than
if it had been picked soon after
the opening. some Of the cotton
was ginned and submitted to hgy
ers here, who plassea it as ew
middlingt to stflct low middfiAg,
and priced it about d haIf.cau5sa-
low middling. ifsy said Ay
had bought great deal of cotosn
this season which ,Ias not as g3a
IS that picked by the machineA
pom slhe invitation Of ali
Price, d ann Der ass ethern
;5as Sal is =, came dow ss.eusday SO
witnessed a private test of the ma:
chino. They saw a Iale of cotton
picked in al, hour and then gin.
ned. They we're fully convinced
that the machine is o success.
The machine is driven by an au.
tomobile engine, aud the driver
sits in trout and steers the ma
chine astrlde a rowiof cotton. Ii
moves over row as fast q man
can walk, picking about an acre
an hour Two projecting "noses
ruu ahead of the machine, on each
side of the row, and lift UP the
limbs that are near the ground
The limbs are all gathered up and
pressed INTO a space about foot
Hide. While the stalk is thus
held, small steel spiDdes reach
through it from both sides, reach.
log every inch of space. On OFF
aide of each spindle is a row Ct
small teeth, SO short that they
wlll not catch hold Of anything
except the cotton fiber. These
spindIes are revolving rapidly anc
when lock Of cotton is touched
1t is caught, and wrapped arouuc
the spindle, thus twisting it out o1
the burr. The spindles then move
out cf he plant, stop revolving
and the cotton ls aiken off by rlht
similar to the breast of a gin. Il
falls on conveyers which empty il
in bags at the rear of the mach
inc. A boy sits on the rear of the
machine and packs the cotton il
the bags. The boy would not bt
needed if the bags were large
enough to hold round withou
packing.
Very few pieces of locks are lef
in the burrs. The cotton left il
usually in whole bolls or locks
The spindles either miss them O.
else are already loaded when the,
come in contact with them. Whe1
a spindle engages q lock, 1t usual
ly twists it all out. Running th'
machine over q row the secona
time demonstrated thu fact tina
practically all the cotton could b.
gotten the frat time by doublln!
the capacity of the machine
which can be done by lengthenin|
the battery of spindles.
Angus Campbell, of Pittsburg
the inventor Of the machine. is al
horo He has haar WORKING q