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Originally Posted by ol'George
About 45 years ago, I saw cotton being picked in Missouri,
I was just far enough south to be in cotton country.
It was an eye opener, as us Yankees can't grow it.
Back then it was mostly green equipment.
I can't imaging picking it by hand like they did in my parents day.  |
There are still a lot folks living around here that pitched it by hand. It was back breaking work, but everybody did it. Just was not a lot of industry around here. No way to make a living than to farm or work on a farm. There was a lot of share cropping in my area in the 40's and 50's.
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