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Photo 4: Davis Farm : cotton <br /> press, overall view; vertical <br /> wood construction in center is <br /> the chamber where cotton was <br /> # <br /> laced to be pressed into bales. <br /> � p <br /> Cotton was pressed b pushing <br /> p Yp g <br /> two wood } <br /> poles (blue arrow on <br /> p <br /> { opposite sides of the press, that <br /> turned a large iron screw press <br /> to push downward on the loose <br /> = cotton . The pressed bales were <br /> removed through door panels at <br /> .f <br /> bottom ( red arrows) <br />