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Machine Picks Much Cotton in Groundbreaking Demo
Memphis inventors John and Mack Rust claim a new cotton picking machine can harvest 100 acres per hour, matching 100 laborers. Demonstrations near Burdette Arkansas show it removing cotton with a moistened steel spindle, touted as first marketed device of its kind.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
John and Mack Rust
Washington
Rust Brothers
John Rust
Louisiana
Rusts
W. E. Ayres
Delta Experiment Station
Stoneville
Miss
Burdette
Ark
Mississippi County