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  parts 
  of 
  the 
  machine 
  were 
  attended 
  by 
  corresponding 
  

   inconveniences 
  for 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  workshops, 
  lathes, 
  and 
  

   other 
  suitable 
  tools." 
  

  

  To 
  obviate 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  inconveniences, 
  Mr. 
  Carver 
  

   erected 
  a 
  small 
  saw-mill, 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1810, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  known 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  business 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Carver 
  in 
  gin-building 
  increasing, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  other 
  facilities, 
  he 
  esta- 
  

   blished 
  himself 
  in 
  Bridgewater, 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  has 
  

   continued, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  either 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  other 
  parties, 
  to 
  manufacture 
  and 
  supply 
  

   gins 
  very 
  extensively 
  to 
  the 
  cotton-planters 
  of 
  the 
  

   southwest. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  his 
  principal 
  improvements 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  gin 
  

   was 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  grate, 
  to 
  prevent 
  it 
  from 
  

   becoming 
  clogged 
  or 
  choked 
  by 
  the 
  lodging 
  and 
  collect- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  fibre 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  spaces. 
  This 
  was 
  patented 
  

   in 
  November, 
  1838, 
  the 
  plan 
  and 
  specification 
  of 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Polyteclinic 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  i. 
  

   p. 
  382. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  merchants 
  of 
  Natchez 
  erected 
  public 
  gins 
  

   in 
  and 
  near 
  that 
  city, 
  and 
  at 
  Washington 
  and 
  other 
  points, 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  seed 
  cotton 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  weight 
  and 
  

   ginned 
  for 
  one-tenth, 
  calculating 
  it 
  to 
  yield 
  only 
  one- 
  

   fourth 
  of 
  ginned 
  cotton. 
  

  

  Few 
  planters 
  were 
  then 
  so 
  opulent 
  as 
  to 
  raise 
  cotton 
  

   enough 
  to 
  give 
  employment 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  gin, 
  and 
  those 
  

   who 
  were 
  enabled 
  to 
  erect 
  them 
  received 
  the 
  crops 
  of 
  

   their 
  less 
  favored 
  neighbors 
  at 
  the 
  established 
  rates. 
  

   This 
  was 
  a 
  profitable 
  business, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  foundation 
  

   of 
  the 
  fortunes 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  proprietors. 
  

  

  The 
  cotton 
  culture 
  received 
  such 
  an 
  impulse 
  from 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  these 
  gins, 
  that 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  keep 
  pace 
  

   with 
  the 
  production. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  kept 
  running 
  

  

  