. Cotton and cotton oil. Cotton ... Cotton seed oil mills ... Cattle feeding ... Fertilizers ... Full information for investor, student and practical mechanic ... Cotton; Cottonseed oil. 82 MODERN COTTON GIN, PRUvSS AND GINNERY, up and elevate the cotton in a manner similar to grain elevators, with cups on belt. Fig. 19 shows a gin house e(|uipped with this style of elevating machinery. This method has now been super- seded by pneumatic systems, in which a large suction fan operates on 12 inch galvanized iron pipes, so arranged ns. Fig. 25. Improxed Ginnery. to suck the seed cotton directly fr
. Cotton and cotton oil. Cotton ... Cotton seed oil mills ... Cattle feeding ... Fertilizers ... Full information for investor, student and practical mechanic ... Cotton; Cottonseed oil. 82 MODERN COTTON GIN, PRUvSS AND GINNERY, up and elevate the cotton in a manner similar to grain elevators, with cups on belt. Fig. 19 shows a gin house e(|uipped with this style of elevating machinery. This method has now been super- seded by pneumatic systems, in which a large suction fan operates on 12 inch galvanized iron pipes, so arranged ns. Fig. 25. Improxed Ginnery. to suck the seed cotton directly from the wagons and de- liver it to the gins or to storage bins. Figs. 25 and 26 and 27 exhibit some forms of this de\'ice. One of the peculiarities of all the industries relying upon crude cotton as a raw material, is that the entire business for the year must be crowded into the short space of time during which the cotton is being harvested. This pecu- liarity becomes more marked, as the business approaches. 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 Tompkins, Daniel Augustus, 1851-1914. Charlotte, N. C. , the author
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