The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-26
PRICE COTTON PICKER
1s PRONOUNCED a SUCCESS EY
THE DALLAS MEMS.
I, say. Hundreds Witnessed the De
.>n>,ra,iou and Had Their Doubts
Dispelicd.


Price camphell cotton picker, which
vas given tr!:;! rsa- TIA; CITY
few days ago. VAS complete suc-
cess. |; vii. be remembered tha,
this picker was demonstrated III
Marlboro. on Senator John l.. Nc
LaurinS farm las. .a!l. and ;hJ;
Theodore Price and number OF his
northern friends and associates We're
there 20 see the picker work.
The News Says the frs; practical
demonstration o: rhe price-Camp-
bell cotton p!cke. machine to be held
in north T.AaS WAS given yesterda:
afternoon on the Caru;h farm. norin-
east OF Dallas on the Shc-n!an-Daii-
as !n;-rurhan line. where a portion
Of W c. Burdens crop WAS ha!-
vested bv means OF the mechanica!
picker
The demonstration vas witnessed
b: abou; 51" citizens o: Dallas and
the immediate vicinity. The opinion
OF those qualified 20 know was hat
| the price-Campoeil picker is grea:
success and that one OF the great
| labor problems that conironis the
! cotton growing Del; to-day has been
solved
Man. o: ,hos. who composed the
party wcn; 20 the cotton field III !
mood mos, Sk-piica! and expressions
| frequently heard indicated that the
minds OF :0o:; o. the crowd Was all
e: with t.3,io;s as 20 &c p1ac.!c,Sil:-
" Of any mechanical cont.ivance 20
successfully supp!an' the negro coz
ton p.cke:. Enthusiasm. interest
and belief In the invention began 10
grow by leaps and bounds. however.
when the motors wh!rTed and Il
machine started down cotton row.
The cotton fibre. saatched from
the stalks by battery OF rotating
metal fingers. was carried upward
and deposited in sacks a; the rear
OF the machine and as the waves o!
the aeecy white staple flowed into
/ the retaining recep;acles those who
watched wer" changed from ssc2t!cs
20 admirers Complimentary re-
marks took the place OF criticisms
tha, had proceeded the exhibition
!; was another illustration OF TIE
old time and t-I;e expression. 'see
ing is believing" Through the med
ium o! sight those present realized
that successful cotton picker ~as
IN ac:ualiiy and no; an urtrieL
scheme.
Those who witnessed the demon
stra,:on went 70 the Caruth farm
Upon Invita- on and as guests Of
Theodore II. Price. the head Of IN.
PTice-C.mpbeil corporation. Fou,
special cars were run over the Dali
as-Sterman .nterurbau line 10 {
po;n, nearest the cotton field. Mos
OF the crowd went on the railway
Others made the trip in autom mobi!ss
Many farmers from the section
around the Caruth farm we're pres
eat. The party was composed o
Doth men and women and was per
sonally directed by M!. Price.
To describe the cotton picker il
! its mechanical details would take al
expert nechanician and such dts
scription would probably mean li,t.t
except 70 one familiar with mechin
cry
The average observer sees gag
o!ine motor machine OF ten OF
twelve fee, IN length. 1t II equipped
with alternating row Of interlock
ing metal fingers through nhich :h'
cotton stalks pass. The fibre Is gain
cred into storage bags attached tt
the rear. The differ. or operator
occupies sea: over the forward
wheels and operates the machine
much after the mauaeT OF driving
az automobile.
In action the cotton picker travels
down the row at the rate OF be
tween three aid four miles an hour
IN tbs demonstration the stalks were
plucked clean OF cotton and an ex
animation after the machine hac
passed indicated that unopened boil:
and the stalks were un!njured.
The picked cotton after being re-
mo.ed fom the machine snowec
abou; as clean as when gathered II
the ordinary manner by hand. 4
tev leaves and slight traces Of trast
were 10 De seen. but neither was
in greater quantity than is ordinari'
ly found.
In the field where the exhibition
was given were shown two bales o'
cotton. one OF which -.as harvested
with the cotton picker and ;hc 9th.
er gathered by hand. and il was
notable tia, although the cottor
came from the same Geld the gr' 10
Of the baie picked by machinery Was
better.
| According 70 the owners. the Price
Campbell! machine Is not alone cot
ION picker but can BE- converted to
many uses on the farm. Sreciai
equipment, makes it either a plow
a disc harrow. cotton chopper or
a stalk cutter. 20 say nothing OF INC
other uses 10 which the propell:as
power can be applied. Some Of the
advantages claimed 70. the machine
are: II Will pick al acre an houT
and sc; al. the open cotton on TIE
plant: it does not injure the plant
nor harm the unopened bolls or der
ica;e blossoms: 1t is operated by one
man Arrangements have been made
20 exhibit the cotton picker i; the
cnH..i:S Sat. Fair. and patch o:
cc.toa has been planted in the rae
course i..:eld for this purpose.