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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  kept 
  supplied, 
  by 
  raking 
  in 
  from 
  the 
  pile 
  of 
  seed 
  cotton 
  

   deposited 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  stand. 
  

  

  In 
  operation, 
  the 
  saws 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  cotton 
  

   causes 
  it 
  to 
  revolve 
  in 
  the 
  hopper, 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  roll 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  seed, 
  as 
  the 
  lint 
  becomes 
  detached, 
  falls 
  to 
  the 
  

   bottom, 
  and 
  is 
  removed 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  spout. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  cylinder, 
  and 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  it, 
  is 
  

   a 
  circular 
  brush 
  of 
  bristles 
  supported 
  on 
  arms, 
  which 
  

   revolving, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  gearing, 
  with 
  a 
  largely 
  accele- 
  

   rated 
  velocity, 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  revolutions 
  of 
  the 
  

   saws, 
  whips 
  or 
  brushes 
  rapidly 
  and 
  completely 
  from 
  

   them 
  the 
  lint 
  or 
  fibre 
  drawn 
  through 
  the 
  grates. 
  The 
  

   velocity 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  fanlike 
  brush 
  revolves 
  causes 
  a 
  

   strong 
  draft 
  of 
  air 
  through 
  the 
  apertures 
  in 
  the 
  stand, 
  

   which 
  wafts 
  or 
  blows 
  the 
  lint 
  in 
  light 
  flakes 
  or 
  fleeces 
  

   through 
  a 
  trunk 
  or 
  flue 
  to 
  a 
  chamber 
  or 
  lint-room, 
  made 
  

   tight 
  and 
  close 
  for 
  its 
  reception. 
  The 
  flues 
  are 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  with 
  a 
  false 
  floor 
  of 
  slats, 
  between 
  which 
  much 
  

   of 
  the 
  false 
  seed 
  and 
  trash, 
  which 
  may 
  have 
  passed 
  

   through 
  the 
  grates 
  with 
  the 
  lint, 
  falls 
  in 
  passing 
  to 
  the 
  

   lint-room, 
  and 
  the 
  cotton 
  is 
  thus 
  freed 
  from 
  these 
  im- 
  

   purities. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  AYhit- 
  

   ney's 
  gin, 
  when 
  first 
  put 
  into 
  operation, 
  was 
  about 
  one 
  

   bale 
  per 
  day. 
  Sixty 
  saw 
  gins 
  are 
  now 
  guaranteed 
  to 
  gin 
  

   five 
  or 
  six 
  bales 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  average 
  per- 
  

   formance 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  where 
  pains 
  are 
  taken 
  

   to 
  make 
  a 
  good 
  article. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  slovenly 
  habit 
  having 
  grown 
  up 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  

   river 
  plantations 
  and 
  swamp 
  lands, 
  of 
  gathering 
  the 
  

   cotton 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  dirt 
  and 
  trash, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   parts 
  of 
  bolls 
  and 
  leaf, 
  an 
  appendage 
  to 
  the 
  gin, 
  termed 
  

   a 
  trasher, 
  was 
  devised 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  these 
  impurities. 
  It 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  hollow 
  cylinder 
  or 
  trunk 
  placed 
  in 
  

   an 
  inclined 
  position, 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  con- 
  

  

  