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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  bar, 
  who 
  experienced 
  the 
  inconvenience 
  of 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   chinery 
  then 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  ordered 
  from 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia 
  a 
  cast-iron 
  screw-press, 
  which 
  was 
  sent 
  out 
  to 
  

   him 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  1801, 
  at 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  dollars; 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  indemnify 
  

   himself 
  for 
  the 
  expenditure 
  by 
  using 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  manufac- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  cottonseed 
  oil. 
  

  

  The 
  lever 
  press, 
  however, 
  was 
  soon 
  superseded 
  by 
  the 
  

   press 
  introduced 
  by 
  Greenleaf, 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  wooden 
  

   screws, 
  which 
  were 
  turned 
  alternately 
  in 
  the 
  packing 
  ; 
  

   this 
  press 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  gone 
  entirely 
  out 
  of 
  use. 
  

  

  The 
  detached 
  single 
  wooden 
  screw-press, 
  with 
  the 
  

   long 
  and 
  ponderous 
  A 
  sweeps, 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  screw, 
  common 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  is 
  very 
  generally 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  northern 
  counties 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  awkward 
  heavily-timbered 
  structure, 
  

   and 
  never 
  fails 
  to 
  excite 
  surprise 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  long 
  

   since 
  given 
  place 
  to 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  convenient, 
  

   efficient, 
  and 
  economical. 
  

  

  One 
  serious 
  disadvantage 
  attending 
  it 
  is 
  that, 
  from 
  its 
  

   being 
  disconnected 
  from 
  the 
  gin-house, 
  and 
  frequently 
  at 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  it, 
  it 
  becomes 
  necessary 
  to 
  pack 
  the 
  

   ginned 
  cotton 
  to 
  it 
  in 
  baskets 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  lint-room 
  in 
  

   the 
  gin-house 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  box 
  at 
  the 
  press 
  ; 
  and, 
  not 
  

   being 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  shelter, 
  this 
  must 
  necessarily 
  be 
  

   done 
  in 
  fair 
  dry 
  weather 
  ; 
  whereas, 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  presses, 
  

   the 
  work 
  can 
  go 
  on 
  in 
  wet 
  weather, 
  when 
  the 
  hands 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  otherwise 
  employed, 
  and 
  when, 
  from 
  the 
  

   humidity 
  of 
  the 
  atmosphere, 
  the 
  cotton 
  can 
  be 
  more 
  

   perfectly 
  compressed. 
  

  

  The 
  press 
  invented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Newel, 
  of 
  Lake 
  St. 
  Joseph, 
  

   in 
  Louisiana, 
  which 
  goes 
  by 
  his 
  name, 
  has 
  come 
  into 
  

   very 
  general 
  use, 
  especially 
  on 
  large 
  plantations, 
  where 
  

   heavy 
  work 
  is 
  required. 
  

  

  