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power gin further increased the quantity to several 

 bales; and now the consolidated high power ma- 

 chine is common where 50 to 75 bales, and in some 

 cases even as much as 250 bales, are daily ginned 

 and baled. 



This is indeed wonderful evolution. 



THE SUCTION ELEVATOR 



The suction elevator has done much in increas- 

 ing the daily capacity of gins. Think of the labor 

 required for carrying from the wagon by hand all 

 the seed cotton produced any season and now a 

 simple device does it all, effectively, quickly, eco- 

 nomically. 



"What is the extent of this saving?" we once 

 asked an expert. 



"To this extent," he replied, "three hands to a 

 gin of say 60 saws, making four hundred revolu- 

 tions per minute the speed producing the best 

 staple would turn out six bales in a day of 10 

 hours. With the suction elevators, the same num- 

 ber of hands with much less labor, can attend to 

 four or five gins and turn out 24 to 30 bales in the 

 same time." 



THE ITEM OF SPEED 



Cotton comes from the gin in the best condition 

 if speed is kept within moderate limits. The ten- 

 dency to run the gin at high speed increases the 

 output but lessens the value of the lint. Here, 

 then the interests of the farmer and ginner are at 

 variance unless the farmer is willing to recognize 

 the value of cotton ginned at low speed by paying 

 more for such service. 



High speed strains and even breaks fibers, and 



