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What do a cotton plant, blooms & bolls look like? VIDEO — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 02:11:03 +0000

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By: Janice Person

Janice Person — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:38:35 +0000

In reply to Don. I have picked cotton by hand in small amounts... Research trials where individual plants have to be kept identified so I had a tiny taste of the work folks used to do. Not sure I would say I have fond memories of the work but definitely have fond memories of the people I worked alongside and the stories we would all tell.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:40:14 +0000

Really like your site. My memories go back a little further. My family all grew cotton. I can remember as a little kid being out in the fields with the field hands picking cotton by hand. Yes they actually used to do that. You had a long sack, kind of like burlap with a strap that you could put over one shoulder to pull the sack along with you as you made your way down the rows picking. When your sack got full you would go over to a big truck and they would weigh your cotton and then dump it into the truck. The way people got paid was they kept track of how many pounds of cotton you picked and they’d pay you by the pound at the end of the day. I was pretty young at the time and thought it was fun, didn’t realize it was hard, back breaking work until later. Still good memories.

By: How is cotton picked nowadays? | a colorful adventure

How is cotton picked nowadays? | a colorful adventure — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:36:39 +0000

[…] bit of recollection from a friend who drove a one row cotton picker in the 1970s as well as a video of one of the new on-board moduling pickers that produces rectangular […]

By: Quora

Quora — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:09:23 +0000

How is cotton picked nowadays?…

There are a few ways that cotton is currently harvested. In the US the two predominant ways to harvest cotton on farms is either using 1) mechanical cotton pickers or 2) using a mechanical cotton stripper. A cotton picker pulling the lint from the plan…

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By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:59:06 +0000

In reply to SlowMoneyFarm. I'll have to write a post on colored cotton! Too long for a short reply here. :)

By: SlowMoneyFarm

SlowMoneyFarm — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:44:29 +0000

Don’t know about questions but am loving these – grew up in agriculture but my knowledge of cotton is very limited. Some years ago I thought I heard rumors of naturally colored cotton – rumor or fact? Blue and brown from what I remember. Closest connection to cotton was using cottonseed to feed dairy goats! 🙂