APPROXIMATE POWER REQUIRED BY COTTON MACHINERY.
| Horse-power | |
| Hopper Bale Opener | 3 |
| Hopper Feeder | 1-1/2 |
| Self-feeding Opener | 3 |
| Single Beater Breaker Lapper, with Cage Section | 6 |
| Single Beater Breaker Lapper, with Gauge Box and Condenser 7-1/2 | |
| Combined Self-feeding Opener and Single Beater Breaker Lapper | 9 |
| Single Beater Intermediate or Finisher Lapper | 4 |
| Two Beater Intermediate or Finisher Lapper | 7-1/2 |
| Thread Extractor with Condenser | 1-1/2 |
| No. 6 Fan | 5 |
| Revolving Flat Card-Production, 450 lbs. per week | 3/4 |
| Revolving Flat Card-Production, 700 lbs. per week | 1 |
| Revolving Flat Card-Production, 1,000 lbs. per week | 1-1/4 |
| Sliver Lap Machine | 1/2 |
| Ribbon Lap Machine | 1 |
| Comber—6-Head | 1/2 |
| Comber—8-Head | 2/3 |
| Drawing Frames, Ordinary Rolls, 6 delvs. per | 1 |
| Drawing Frames, Metallic Rolls, 5 delvs. per | 1 |
| Slubbing Frame, 45 spdls. per | 1 |
| Intermediate Frame, 55 spdls. per | 1 |
| Roving Frame, 85 spdls. per | 1 |
| Jack or Fine Roving Frame, 100 spdls. per | 1 |
| Spinning Frame, Warp yarns | |
| 16s and coarser, 70 spdls. per | 1 |
| 22s, 75 spdls. per | 1 |
| 40s, 80 spdls. per | 1 |
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| 60s, 90 spdls. per | 1 |
| 80s, 100 spdls. per | 1 |
| Spinning Frame, Filling Yarns. | |
| 16s and coarser, 110 spdls. per | 1 |
| 22s, 90 spdls. per | 1 |
| 28s, 85 spdls. per | 1 |
| 40s, 90 spdls. per | 1 |
| 70s, 100 spdls. per | 1 |
| 90s, 110 spdls. per | 1 |
| Twister, 40 to 100 spdls. per | 1 |
| Cone Winder, 65 Drums per | 1 |
| Mule Spinning, 90 to 125 spdls. per | 1 |
| Spoolers, 150 to 250 spdls. per | 1 |
| Warper | 1/4 |
| Ball Warper | 1/2 |
| Slasher | 1-1/2 |
| Plain Loom, 40 in. | 1/4 |
| Wide Loom, 92 in. | 1 |
| Reel, 50 spdls. | 5 |
| Brusher and Shearer | 3 |
| Cloth Folder | 1/3 |
NOTE—The above figures are only approximate, and give a fair average of the power taken to drive the various machines. The speed, production and many other conditions affect the power consumed.