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  AGRICULTURE. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  levers 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  approach 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  rack 
  

   and 
  pinion 
  work 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  ends; 
  the 
  

   whole 
  press 
  and 
  levers 
  revolve 
  around 
  the 
  stationary 
  

   pinion. 
  Less 
  than 
  four 
  revolutions 
  are 
  sufficient 
  to 
  drive 
  

   the 
  follower 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  point 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  

   revolutions 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  being 
  only 
  about 
  seven. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  this 
  press 
  and 
  McCombs's, 
  there 
  is 
  

   a 
  gain 
  of 
  power 
  as 
  the 
  pressure 
  is 
  increased. 
  By 
  either 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  presses, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  fifty 
  bales 
  can 
  be 
  turned 
  

   out 
  in 
  twelve 
  hours. 
  Both 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  Mississippi 
  in- 
  

   ventions, 
  introduced 
  by 
  ginwrights 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  

   counties 
  of 
  Claiborne 
  and 
  Warren. 
  

  

  There 
  have 
  been 
  many 
  previous 
  improvements 
  and 
  

   modifications 
  of 
  the 
  cotton-press, 
  but 
  which, 
  having 
  

   mainly 
  gone 
  out 
  of 
  use, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  particu- 
  

   larize. 
  

  

  The 
  boxes 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  cotton 
  is 
  packed 
  in 
  pressing, 
  

   are 
  made 
  of 
  wide 
  three-inch 
  plank, 
  and 
  are 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  twenty-two 
  inches 
  wide, 
  securely 
  

   keyed 
  together, 
  and 
  having 
  side 
  doors 
  hinged 
  on 
  the 
  

   ends 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  the 
  bales 
  when 
  pressed 
  and 
  tied; 
  the 
  

   top 
  and 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  box, 
  either 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  called 
  the 
  

   follower, 
  as 
  the 
  pressure 
  is 
  applied 
  from 
  above 
  or 
  below, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  press, 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  

   similar 
  timber, 
  with 
  seven 
  grooves 
  at 
  regular 
  and 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  distances, 
  through 
  which 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  rope. 
  

  

  Preparatory 
  to 
  making 
  the 
  bale, 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  bagging 
  of 
  

   suitable 
  dimensions 
  is 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  box. 
  

   A 
  proper 
  quantity 
  being 
  packed 
  or 
  trodden 
  in, 
  another 
  

   piece 
  of 
  bagging, 
  of 
  sufficient 
  size 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  cover- 
  

   ing, 
  is 
  laid 
  on, 
  the 
  screw 
  or 
  lever 
  is 
  put 
  in 
  motion, 
  and 
  

   the 
  follower 
  ascends 
  or 
  descends 
  into 
  the 
  box, 
  as 
  the 
  

   case 
  may 
  be, 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  side 
  doors, 
  which 
  are 
  

   then 
  thrown 
  open; 
  the 
  ends 
  and 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  bagging 
  

  

  