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  structed 
  of 
  coarse 
  wire 
  grating 
  forming 
  an 
  open 
  sieve. 
  

   A 
  long 
  shaft 
  extending 
  lengthwise 
  through 
  the 
  trunk, 
  

   armed 
  with 
  short 
  pegs, 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  revolve 
  rapidly, 
  

   the 
  cotton, 
  which 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  end, 
  was 
  

   very 
  thoroughly 
  beaten 
  in 
  its 
  passage 
  through, 
  and 
  a 
  

   large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  trash 
  was 
  extracted 
  by 
  falling 
  

   through 
  the 
  grating. 
  

  

  A 
  comparison, 
  however, 
  of 
  returns 
  of 
  sales 
  of 
  clean, 
  

   neatly 
  handled 
  cotton 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  dirty 
  and 
  

   foul, 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  established 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  dirt 
  and 
  

   trash 
  command 
  too 
  good 
  a 
  price 
  to 
  be 
  thus 
  wasted. 
  At 
  

   least 
  a 
  sufficient 
  discrimination 
  was 
  not 
  made 
  to 
  com- 
  

   pensate 
  for 
  this 
  particularity 
  of 
  handling. 
  The 
  trashers 
  

   have 
  consequently 
  gone 
  almost 
  entirely 
  out 
  of 
  use. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  thought 
  by 
  some 
  that 
  the 
  rotary 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  

   trasher 
  gave 
  the 
  fibre 
  of 
  the 
  cotton 
  a 
  twist 
  which 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  it 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  napped 
  or 
  cut 
  by 
  the 
  saws 
  in 
  the 
  

   ginning 
  process 
  — 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  injured 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   the 
  manufacturer. 
  

  

  Much 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  modes 
  of 
  pack- 
  

   ing 
  cotton 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  ginning 
  it. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  instance, 
  

   it 
  was 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  long 
  round 
  bags 
  containing 
  about 
  three 
  

   hundred 
  pounds, 
  and 
  Sea 
  Island 
  cotton 
  is 
  still 
  so 
  packed. 
  

   A 
  long 
  sack, 
  having 
  been 
  well 
  soaked 
  and 
  partially 
  

   dried, 
  is 
  suspended 
  through 
  a 
  round 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  

   an 
  upper 
  apartment, 
  and 
  kept 
  extended 
  by 
  stitching 
  a 
  

   wooden 
  hoop 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  end, 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  rim 
  or 
  

   ledge 
  which 
  supports 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  floor. 
  The 
  cotton 
  is 
  

   then 
  put 
  in 
  gradually, 
  whilst 
  a 
  man 
  within 
  the 
  bag 
  

   treads 
  and 
  rams 
  it 
  down 
  with 
  an 
  iron 
  bar. 
  A 
  small 
  

   block 
  of 
  wood 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  each 
  corner 
  and 
  tied 
  for 
  con- 
  

   venience 
  of 
  handling. 
  

  

  In 
  Mississippi, 
  square 
  bales 
  were 
  first 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  rough 
  

   lever 
  press. 
  This 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1779. 
  Mr. 
  Dun- 
  

  

  