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W W W TF, represents a substantial wall, or fence, 

 that surrounds the factory. It is two hundred feet each 

 way. JET, H^ are gate-ways. The enclosures, marked a, 

 a, a, are cotton-sheds, or cribs, of sizes varying according 



W D D 



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Fig. 20. PLAN OF COTTON FACTORY AND INCLOSUKB. 



to the number of bales which the different planters in the 

 vicinage commonly produce. These sheds, or cribs, are 

 substantially covered, the roofs extending each way from 

 the ridge-pole over the walls, which are open, of lattice 

 work, for the free admission of air. The marks, m m m 

 m, in the fence, or wall, are small openings, say 4 ft. x 4 

 ft., for the purpose of unloading the wagons without driv- 

 ing into the yard. S is a large, well built, scaffold, slop- 

 ing toward the south, upon which the cotton, when taken 

 from the sheds, is spread, to be thoroughly sunned before 

 being ginned. A and A represent two endless aprons, or 



