COTTON CULTURE. 



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aiy 24, 1865. The manufacture of this press was com- 

 menced in the spring of 1856. Since that time over 3000 

 of them have been put in use, and the very excellent rep- 

 utation which they have gained, as cheap, portable, and 



Fig. 13. INGERSOLL'S COTTON PRESS. 



convenient presses, induces us to present it here as one of 

 the necessary, useful, and labor-saving machines, required 

 by the planter in preparing his crop for transportation and 

 a market. 



Two hands only are required to work it, and will put 



