Invention Of Mechanical Cotton Picker

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Synopsis: The Rust Brothers demonstrate a cotton picking machine in a cotton field in Stonewall, Mississippi September 2, 1936...(read more)

Date: 1936
Duration: 00:04:33
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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Invention Of Mechanical Cotton Picker

Invention Of Mechanical Cotton Picker

Shows two black people picking cotton by hand. CU of cotton fibers after the cotton boll naturally split open exposing the cotton fibers in segments called locks. Cotton now ready to pick.

The Rust Brothers demonstrating a mechanical cotton picking machine invented by them. A sign on the machine reads "Rust Cotton Picker". As the machine picks the cotton the cotton fibers are loaded into a large bag attached to the machine while the dried cotton bolls are discarded. Group of people in cotton field watching demonstration of a mechanical cotton picking machine that proved to be a major labor-saving device or machine.