Been off the site for a couple of weeks. Went down to Florida to get some sand in my shoes - no - actually the wife and I went to SpringHill, Fl to our grandson's 3rd birthday. Had a great trip and on the way back, in south/central Georgia, we started seeing cotton fields. Thought I'd share a couple of pics as there actually may be members who have never seen raw cotton.
Sorry about the quality of photos but they were taken from a moving truck with an Iphone. But - - -
This is what the cotton boll looks like up close. Each of those little section, which is actually one cotton boll, contains 3 or 4 cotton seeds which are processed for cottonseed oil, while the cotton itself if processed into thread and material for clothing as ya'll know. Anywho - I remember my Mom telling me that she used to pick this stuff when she was a little girl to make enough money for shoes and new clothes for school. Mom was the 2nd of 14 kids and if they were old enough to drag a bag, they worked the fields. She said that at the end of the day, their fingers would be cut and bloody from getting stuck on the sharp points of the bolls. Can you imagine today's kids picking cotton for school clothes??? Anyway just thought I'd share this with ya'll.
Sorry about the quality of photos but they were taken from a moving truck with an Iphone. But - - -
This is what the cotton boll looks like up close. Each of those little section, which is actually one cotton boll, contains 3 or 4 cotton seeds which are processed for cottonseed oil, while the cotton itself if processed into thread and material for clothing as ya'll know. Anywho - I remember my Mom telling me that she used to pick this stuff when she was a little girl to make enough money for shoes and new clothes for school. Mom was the 2nd of 14 kids and if they were old enough to drag a bag, they worked the fields. She said that at the end of the day, their fingers would be cut and bloody from getting stuck on the sharp points of the bolls. Can you imagine today's kids picking cotton for school clothes??? Anyway just thought I'd share this with ya'll.
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