Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . se are penalized or docked ; theinterest and influence of local buyersis in favor of a light or deficientcovering. A general impro^ement inthe amount and quality of coveringof the. bales of American cotton,which are now more poorly protectedthan those from any other part of theworld, would, in time, redound tothe profit of both the farmer and thespinner (Fig. 160). The round bale, on the other hand,is usually covered ^ery completely•nath cotton cloth, which affordssatisfactory protection. jMoreo\^er,the round bale is dense and requires no fur
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . se are penalized or docked ; theinterest and influence of local buyersis in favor of a light or deficientcovering. A general impro^ement inthe amount and quality of coveringof the. bales of American cotton,which are now more poorly protectedthan those from any other part of theworld, would, in time, redound tothe profit of both the farmer and thespinner (Fig. 160). The round bale, on the other hand,is usually covered ^ery completely•nath cotton cloth, which affordssatisfactory protection. jMoreo\^er,the round bale is dense and requires no further compression. But for various reasons the round balehas not been able to come into general use in the face of opposi-tion in the interest of compress men and manufacturers of square-bale presses. The round bale usually weighs about pounds,or half as much as the square bale. 343. The cotton gin. — There are two main types ofgins, roller and saw gins. The former are used in ginningSea Island cotton, the naked seeds of which are easily2b. Fig. 100, — Foreig-V . cottox bales. .Showing on the right theinferior covering and torncondition of an Americanbale, in with thebetter covering of the foreignbale on the left. 370 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS separated by rollers from the lint. This general type ofgin has been in use in India for centuries. The saw gin, employed to gin short-staple cotton, is amodern machine, which has been second to no other agri-cultural invention in its effects on the worlds wealth,commerce, and comfort. The sa^^ gin has made possiblethe Souths greatest industrj^, — cotton culture, — and hassupplied with fleecy food the textile industries of all manu-facturing nations. It was invented by Whitney andHolmes about 1792. Before that time a laborer -with hisfingers separated about one pound of lint cotton per da3^ A single gin of average size accomplishes the work of about4000 such laliorers. Within one hundred years after its inve
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