I love this topic. I was raised near Abilene TX on a cotton farm. Yes, we used a cotton sack made from denim type fabric that my Mom sewed for us each year in just our size. There were five children and we all worked. My Dad seemed to be best at driving the cotton to the gin when the truck was full!! My Mom once pulled a thousand pounds in one day. She held the record for the neighborhood. She reminded us that when you "pick" cotton you take it out of the burrs. When you "pull" cotton you pull the bolls as well. It weighs more when it is done that way. In later years we teased that Mother went behind a tree and birthed the next baby, put it on her sack and kept picking. She was a hard worker in every resect. Wouldn't trade anything for the experience of being raised as a poor cotton farmers child!! Sure this is a good topic for me. I enjoyed it all. Thanks for asking the question.