As mechanical pickers gradually replaced the human workforce, hop-picking had become a memory by the time the branch closed in 1961.

Cotton faded in importance as mechanical pickers replaced scores of farm workers.

The cotton was handpicked, although mechanical pickers were tried in the 1970s in an attempt to hold down rising labor costs.

By the 1950s, the mechanical picker had gained appeal and affordability throughout the US cotton growing area.

After we get back, y' can fix up that mechanical picker or anything else y' want.

One is the prevalence of mechanical pickers, which are replacing people in regions where hand-harvesting is not mandated by law.

At about the same time, a rudimentary mechanical picker was developed, though it took nearly 30 years for a practical version to appear.

The mechanical picker snaps the ears from the stalk so that only the grain and cobs are harvested.

Field shelling attachments for mechanical pickers were introduced in the 1950s.

Some one- and two-row mechanical pickers were in use but the corn combine was not adopted until after the War.