In Them Old.... Cotton Fields Back Home

About 3 miles from our farm there is a large field of cotton

nearly ready to pick.

It's not a sight I'm used to seeing and it never

fails to amaze me.

According to Wikipedia - "cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a BOLL around the seeds of the

cotton plant.

The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in

seed dispersal".

Who'd have thought that something like this...

Could be made into something like this...

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or these...

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I haven't seen them harvest the cotton yet

but this is what they use

nowadays...

John Deere

Pretty cushy work sitting in an air conditioned

cab listening to a stereo on a comfy seat.

At one time picking cotton was back breaking work.

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If you've ever seen the movie

PLACES IN THE HEART

Starring Sally Field

you'll remember just how hard it was on the

hands and back.

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This is what all that cotton looks like once it's cut...

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Looking at that big white bale

it's hard to believe that they make things like

this from it...

Lulu's Vintange

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I'm referring to the jeans here!

Anyway...they'll soon be cutting the cotton in the field down the road and once again the field will be bare.

BUT

It won't be long until the fields around us will be covered

with something else white and fluffy.

I'm not quite ready for that yet...are you?

Have a great week.

Maura :)