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up, in good shape and well packed, twenty or more bales 

 per day. 



The press is made of any size or weight of bale requir- 

 ed, and when taken apart, it comprises 6 to 7 packages 

 convenient for handling and shipping, and hence is well 

 adapted to shipping to Central and South America, and 

 other foreign countries, where they are often taken on the 

 backs of mules to the interior of the country, and the cot- 

 ton packed and brought back to the coast in bales of 

 about 125 to 200 Ibs. each. 



The "No. I Press makes a bale of 300 Ibs., or under, and 

 its gross weight is 800 to 1100 Ibs. This size is mostly 

 made for foreign shipment. 



No. 2. Weight of bale 400 Ibs. ; gross weight of Press 

 1600 Ibs. 



No. 3. Weight of bale 500 Ibs. ; weight of Press 1900 

 Ibs. Its portable form admits of its being set alongside 

 of the gin and close to the cotton, or on any floor of the 

 building. 



When the irons get worn out or broken, duplicates can 

 be sent by Express to any part of the country, at little 

 expense. Catalogues with price-lists, etc., can be obtained 

 by addressing the manufacturers. 



The cut (Fig. 13) represents Ingersoll's Bale Rope Tight- 

 ener, patented June 25th, 1867. The same parties also man- 

 ufacture the Iron Hoop and Wire Tightener. These are 

 cheap and very convenient tools for drawing rope, hoop, 

 or wire tight on cotton or hay bales. The cut shows the 

 application of the Bale Rope Tightener. Every person 

 baling cotton will find this a desirable tool. Fig. 2 shows 

 the point of the lever, with the clamps and the mode of 

 putting the rope through them. 



The well-informed and successful cotton grower is more 

 than a mere routine agriculturalist. As he needs some 

 knowledge of mechanics, and facility in planning convenient 

 arrangements about his gin-house, so in securing the best 



