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JerryS

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In the time I've followed this forum I don't recall any discussion of cotton crops. Guess it's just a deep south thing. Cotton cultivation is still a common thing in north and central Louisiana. This field is several miles north of me, not too far from the Arkansas line.
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Spent a few years in Crandall, TX a long time ago.

Cotton was a favorite crop in that area.

There was <a href="http://www.crandallcottongin.com/">a cotton gin in Crandall</a>, but it closed and became a restaurant.
 
Been many years since I was around cotton. In my youth I was given a sharp hoe and spent many a long day removing weeds in the rows. Man that sucked. Bout the only thing worse was hand picking.
 
I've always thought that cotton was the prettiest crop. When in bloom and then again when it is fully opened. I'm part owner of a small cotton farm in Mississippi county, Ar. My great grandfather homesteaded it in the 1880's.

Another crop that is seldom seen on this board is rice. My wife owns a rice farm in Greene county, Ar.
 
Thanks for the pictures, have never seen cotton in a field before. Live in NE Indiana and obviously don't have it here. Never got to travel much as a kid. Appreciate seeing these kind of pictures
 
JerryS,

Really a pretty crop! Have never seen it in my life. Thanks for posting.

Hope you post some more "southern" pics... around here in MN all we have is corn and beans, bratwurst and sauerkraut (or on the Scandi-front lutefisk and lefse)... and snow for half the year. Would love to see more of life in the south...the land, the crops, the people, the houses and farms.
 
Thanks for the cotton pictures. I agree most of the pictures are from the mid-west and would like to see more like yours and even from overseas.
 

Cotton production was pertty good in my area of SC until about 1950. Good demand for it during World War II. When my older brother and sister were at home, the folks tried to grow about 20 acres. By 1950, synthetic yarn had pretty much killed cotton prices. The boll weevil hit production real hard. At that time there were about 5 years supply stored up ahead. The folks quit growing cotton, concentrated on small dairying.

KEH
 
Par-a-dice farm, I spent 60and 61 in your county. Have to agree, a field of opened cotton is as pretty as a snow without the cold weather. Then alot of cotton was still picked with hand labor. Passed through that area last fall while cotton was full open so stopped and picked a couple of bolls. Have a few plants growing in the garden here in Ky near the Ohio river.
Joe
 
Sweetfeet if you ever get the chance to come to Sunny Arizona we grow a lot of Cotton & Alfalfa out here . They have to do a lot of irrigation but they raise big crops.


John
 
Right around me cotton still gets planted in rotation with several other crops like corn and soybeans. To me it's all pretty when it's nice and green like that. This year the predominate crop seems to be corn right now and it's all looking a bit on the brown side since we haven't had any rain to speak of lately.
 
AzPeapicker,

We don't travel a lot, but from pictures I've seen, AZ would be a neat place to visit. Though I dont think I'd care for the heat you guys get.
 
Almost every row crop farm in north alabama and some in southern middle Tennessee was paid for off of cotton crops. Now the way it is looking next year there will be very little cotton around here. Everyone has switched to grain because its so much easier. The people who have new pickers are going to plant a little bit but that is it. I sure would like to see more planted again.
 
There was a guy here who planted 20 to 50 acres a year just to see if he could. Had a real good crop with very little bug or diesese pressure as it was the only crop for 100 miles. He gave up on it when the price of fuel went up a few years ago, haul'n it to the nearest gin some where down around Paris was kill'n him.

Dave
 
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