. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 366 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS The Oliver Cotton Picking Machine, advertised by Stern & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois. The Thurman Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine, manufac- tured by Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company, St. Louis, Missouri. The Price-Campbell Cotton Picking Machine, invented by Angus Campbell, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and exploited by Theodore Price, New York City. It seems safe to predict that the time is near at hand when cotton-picking machines will iarvest a part of the crop where. Fig. 157.—Vertical Section
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 366 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS The Oliver Cotton Picking Machine, advertised by Stern & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois. The Thurman Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine, manufac- tured by Vacuum Cotton Picking Machine Company, St. Louis, Missouri. The Price-Campbell Cotton Picking Machine, invented by Angus Campbell, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and exploited by Theodore Price, New York City. It seems safe to predict that the time is near at hand when cotton-picking machines will iarvest a part of the crop where. Fig. 157.—Vertical Section through Dixie Cotton Picker WHEN AT Work. the conditions for their work are most favorable and where labor is scarce or expensive. The chief difficulty in the way of their rapid introduction is the high price at which it is now proposed to sell these mechanical pickers. 341. Ginning. — After being picked, the seed cotton is hauled to the gin, which is usually a public ginnery, oper- ated by steam power (Fig. 158). There suction pipes lift it from the wagon, and suitable devices carry it through. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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