Do You Want To See Where Quilts Really Come From?
#32
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: California
Posts: 14,723
Originally Posted by QM
Cotton is raised in CA too. when I was a kid, Dad stopped by the road so I could pick up one of the cotton balls that had fallen by the wayside.
#34
I just came from a visit to my grandmother's town, where the cotton gin was hoppin' and the roads were lined with white fluff! I eyed the stuff with new interest as a quilter and wondered how many yards of quilting cotton might come from a bale of cotton (these bales were huge rectangles)!
I was wondering these days, too, what happens to the "scrap" cotton left after the pickers have picked? Anyone know? I know it wouldn't have been wasted in my Gran's time.
I was wondering these days, too, what happens to the "scrap" cotton left after the pickers have picked? Anyone know? I know it wouldn't have been wasted in my Gran's time.
#35
I use to grade the cotton in Arkansas, would do it from Sept. to Dec. then we move to Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama or Georgia to grade their cotton, then on to Califorinia. The cotton is very different in Calif. we had to go to a different school to learn to grade their cotton.. They cut a piece out of the big bales in the field and we grade the piece and let the farmer know how much it is worth..then a buyer will get in touch with the farmer and they hackle over the price..this is all done thru the federal government, we would work 10 days stright, before a day off and had 3 shifts running during the peak season.
I think this is the longest reply I have every typed. LOL
I think this is the longest reply I have every typed. LOL
#38
The cotton left in the fields are plowed under, in the days of hand picking, you wouldn,t see that much cotton left in the field..The machines only go so deep to the ground and can't pick the lower branches, does that make sense? This year in Alabama the cotton didn't grow tall, so the farmers lost alot of crop.
Also the worest grade of cotton makes blue jeans LOL
Also the worest grade of cotton makes blue jeans LOL
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
karensue
For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
4
04-01-2012 02:42 AM
craftybear
Main
85
03-31-2012 05:25 PM
babyfireo4
Pictures
14
10-13-2011 04:44 PM