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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 revohing fan 

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

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

 Worswick-Haardt picker, invented by J. E. ^Vo^5^^^ck, ^lont- 

 gomerj-, Alabama (Fig. 1.5.5i. 



Other mechanical pickers entangle the seed cotton by means 

 of inn umerable sharp, tack-like points emliedded in narrow re- 





The Dixie Cotton Pickek. 



vohing 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 remo\ed by 

 brashes. 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 follo^i'ing : — 



The Dixie Cotton Picker, indented by John F. Appileby, 

 Chicago, IHinois (Figs. l.jG and l.J7). 



