Cotton Picking Time: Numbers on Field Scales

Numbers on Field Scales

Figure 131. Numbers on field scales

The numbers etched on the scale told the story—how many pounds each person had picked—how much money each person had made that day. A wagon carried the cotton to be stored in the cotton house, a big barn built for that purpose. This field scale was the one used on the land where Francis Marion University now stands. (Photo 1994)