This is what fabric looks like before you buy it/100% cotton
#43
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Location: Illinois
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just recently drove thru several states where we saw the cotton fields being harvested. So similar to how corn here in Illinois is done........saw both round and loaf bales.......just hard to imagine this being done by hand several generations ago........and then the picking out of the seeds....wow, it is amazing what the human creative mind is capable of doing..........
I too, wonder why we no longer make fabric out of that cotton....instead we send it to some third world country......labor is cheaper, I guess.....
I too, wonder why we no longer make fabric out of that cotton....instead we send it to some third world country......labor is cheaper, I guess.....
#44
That's life around here this time of year! Nearest thing we have to looking like it has snowed most years. If you've ever taken cotton and tried to pick out the seeds like they did in the days before gins, you will have a new appreciation for Eli Whitney. Those buggers are really stuck tight! It's a wonder they ever made cotton fabric before gins.
#46
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Oh my!! MEMORIES!! Yes we did just that every fall. Mother made us all, (5 kids) a cotton sack every year that suited our size. She could take us all to the field and make sure we were doing our job and then pick near a 1000 pounds a day as well. She was a record holder for her time. Most men did not even pick that much. My Dad was "real good" at taking it to the gin. Ha Don't remember him picking near that much. Eventho we wore gloves our hands would be so sore from the points on the bowls. We would be so happy if there was dew in the morning. Didn't have to start so early. Back then we did not have spring break at school but they closed when it was time to pick cotton so the kids could help bring in the crops. That was indeed the good ole days. Wouldn't trade for the lessons learned growing up on a farm near Abilene. TX. Thanks for the memories.
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