The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-03-23
HENDERSON, N. c.. THURSDAY MARCH 2a 1o11
PRICE, cAMPBELL COTTON PICK.
Err.
Protection S>ched at Last ;s ,,.
l Tor This Machine

Protection 4 ,ched at Last Is tn.
o'a'" na0s TOR This Machine.
Prof.; W. F sey, in the Progress
sive Farmer saythis of the Price-
Campbell cotton p\;no mooh;na
Through the atteiN on Of Dr., Chas
Dabney, President of ,e I Univera;1v nj, u,,as,
OF Cincinnati. have res 80 . 80 's
pamphlet telling abot .ba !" pu;y pu;Sy
Campbell cotton picker. rom this
it would seem that the sucA -,
ton picking machine is acs u
the market, a self propelled fy On
that not only picks cotton, bdfn;;.nse
other attachments cuts the sH'n
plows the ground, harrows it p;
chops out the cotton to a stan
And it is claimed by a great list 3
prominent men who have seen i
work that it gathers the cotton cleal
and does not injure the unopened
bolls. II this machine will do al
that is claimed for it, it will certainl,
revolutionize the cotton-growing in
dustry. 1t is claimed that it will
pick rs much cotton in one day as u
or 30 men can pick by hand. Mr.
Rhoads, OF Vernon, Texas, says that
he picked rows l, 100 yards long il
81 minutes. 1t really looks a,
though the South at last has a ma
chine that can compare with th'
reaper and binder of the whea
growers. One man operates the ma
chine that picks as much as twenty
hands. | hope that the statement
are true, and the testimony of hun
dre1s who have seen it work are very
impressive.
IL an interview on the same sub
j+ct. IN published in the Charlotte
Chrnnicle, further endorsement i,
given to the Price-Campbell cotton
picker. That paper says:
Mr.. W. l.. Haskell, of New York
who is vice president and genera
manager of the Southern Cotton Oh
Company, was in this section re
Gently and described very interest
ingly the new Price Campbell cottor
picking machines which as conserva
tive a magazine as Worlds Work de
clared will revolutionize cOttOI
growing in the South Mr. Haskell
stated that the machine has not ye
reached it's highest development ant
that it is somewhat crude as it is. |
Is no cruder, if it is indeed as crude
as the first locomotive or the frs
Mccormick reaper was, however
and there is every promise that i
will be very speedily developed unit
it is as satisfactory as the harvesting
machines for other crops.
In Mr.. Haskel's opinion even th
present machine can be used wit
profit in Oklahoma and Texas an
in other places where the land is fiat
cotton abundant and labor scarce
but he would not advise anyon
under the ordinary conditions tina
prevail in this section to purchas
the machine with the idea that it |
thoroughly a practical and workabl
machine already. The perfected ma
chine will come in the very near fu
ture, probably in two or three years
The price put on the present ma
chine is $1,000, and it is claime
that it will pick an acre OF cotton al
hour, regardless OF the amount c
cotton to the acre. 1t is understood
that quite number OF machines wi
be built for Texas, Oklahoma an
Mississippi for the next season an
they will no doubt be used to exec
lent advantage. One advantage tina
will be felt even by those planter
who do not use the machines will b
the check it will put on the exorb
tant prices charged by the negr
cotton Dickars in those sections