Cotton was harvested, ginned and transported Britain in bales. We see wheat being threshed, linen being spun and cotton being ginned. The Valley Gin ginned 2,230 bales of cotton in 1934. The cotton press was built around 1798 for baling ginned cotton. The cotton is ginned on the farm before it is baled and exported. After the crop was located, it was brought to Alexandria to be ginned and baled. In 1928, a record 11,624 bales of cotton were ginned in the town. It had an estimated yearly ginned cotton production of approximately 70,000 pounds. Cotton continues to be hand picked, ginned and woven using a high-whorl drop spindle. After harvesting it is ginned and prepared for yarn spinning.