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Some of these machines operate on the suction principle ; 

 the open end of a hose pipe is directed by the human hand close 

 to each open boll, when the suction created by a revolving fan 

 on the machine draws the seed cotton through a tube and into a 

 hopper. An example of this class of suction machines is the 

 Worswick-Haardt picker, invented by J. E. Worswick, Mont- 

 gomery, Alabama (Fig. 155). 



Other mechanical pickers entangle the seed cotton by means 

 of innumerable sharp, tack-like points embedded in narrow re- 



FIG. 156. THE DIXIE COTTON PICKER. 



volving belts, which are directed by human hands into contact 

 with the open boll ; the lint is instantly entangled and borne 

 along the revolving belt to the hopper, where it is removed by 

 brushes. An example of such a machine is the Lowry Cotton 

 Picker, invented by George A. Lowry, Boston, Massachusetts. 



Among other mechanical cotton-pickers recently advertised 

 are the following : 



The Dixie Cotton Picker, invented by John F. Appleby, 

 Chicago, Illinois (Figs. 156 and 157). 



