Note 19 — Chapter XXI · Governor Smith—1907–9
Reading edition
A picul is a bale of a given quantity—weight. “Breaking out a picul of hemp” is analogous, colloquially, to “picking a bale of cotton.”
Reading edition
A picul is a bale of a given quantity—weight. “Breaking out a picul of hemp” is analogous, colloquially, to “picking a bale of cotton.”