Winnowing Rice with a Fanner Basket | History of SC Slide Collection

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Winnowing rice with a fanner basket near Beaufort, in 1907. The sweet grass baskets now sold as decorative items in Charleston area open air markets were originally essential pieces of home and field equipment. Large flat baskets were used to toss rice in the air, so that the wind would blow away the chaff, leaving behind the heavier grains of rice.

From the Penn School Collection. Permission granted by Penn Center, Inc., St. Helena Island, SC.

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Plowing Rice | History of SC Slide Collection

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Plowing Rice | History of SC Slide Collection
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Plowing rice. Engraving from "Harper's New Monthly Magazine," November 1878. Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection

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Hoeing Rice "The Old Way" | History of SC Slide Collection
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A stereograph card shows hoeing rice "the old way." Hoe culture was the predominant method of working the soil in traditional agricultural societies, and was only slowly replaced by the use of mule...