Polk County GaArchives News.....Cotton Picking Extraordinary November 23 1882
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The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 
Cotton Picking Extraordinary
From the Cedartown, Ga., Advertiser
---Mr. W. R. Brock informs us his family, consisting of wife and six children, 
picked recently 1,005 pounds of cotton in a day.  Here is his record:  Wife, 
aged 43, 110 pounds; daughter, age 18, 190 pounds; son, aged 16, 206 pounds; 
son, aged 12, 191 pounds; daughter, aged 10, 119 pounds; son, aged 9, 118 
pounds, daughter, age 6, 71 pounds.  Considering that 150 pounds is a fair 
average days work for a man, Mr. Brock thinks this record rather extraordinary. 

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