Freshly-picked cotton stacked outside the gin in Powell, Texas. We saw a number of cotton havesting machines at work in the fields Saturday and many other fields still ready for harvesting.
When I was growing up my mother and father never tired of telling us stories of picking cotton and pulling towsacks through the fields. This went along with the stories of walking miles to school through mud and snow. Cotton was picked by hand in their day and they both earned extra money for school clothes that way.
Mechanized harvesters put many rural people out of work and contributed to the migration of people from the small towns and farms in Texas to the big cities.
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That’s another thing I’ve never seen before — cotton as it grows or as it’s being picked. The first time I ever saw a cotton boll (is that the right word?) was on Brenda’s site (What’s Up Down South). I’ve only ever heard tell of how painful a job it used to be.
Cool picture. And I’m glad to see you’re not in the dark anymore.
The picture could have been taken at many spots around the Midland, West Texas area. This one reminds me of one of the gins in Stanton, Texas. Reports say that it should be a good crop this year.