A ton of cotton!

They are starting to harvest the cotton, but so far I haven't been able to actually get a picture of the machine in the field. Probably won't since we are leaving town tomorrow morning. But, here's the cotton all baled up. As you can see from the large pickup behind it, it's HUGE. The giant bales of hay are easily 8 or 9 feet wide, 8 or 9 feet high and 20+ feet long. There are 4 of these giant cotton bales sitting by the field that I normally photograph. That's a ton of cotton.

[Simply Amanda]

Oh this is crazy cool. and I thought it came in plastic bags;-).

[Lisa Poland]

@amandal Hahahaha! This is what it looks like before it gets put into bags or made into socks! LOL!.

[Simply Amanda]

@homeschoolmom Awesome to see. I was kidding, but had never seen this before!

[Lisa Poland]

@amandal First for me, too. The locals probably think I'm nuts. I'm always stopped along the side of the road taking a picture! LOL!

[Alexandra DG]

wow, great - never seen this process

[Terry]

I seen these in NC, they are so cool

[summerfield]

wow! that's a lot of q-tips! :-)

[Nancy]

Very cool! All the time I've seen cotton fields growing up and school field trip to a cotton gin, I never saw this stage!

[dh (delena)]

Fascinating to see.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture, Lisa, and interesting information on it. It is huge.

[Kathy]

Very interesting. Yeah for cotton!

[Lisa Villella]

Wow! I have never seen cotton in this form. Very neat!

[KWind]

Wow... very cool! I've never seen that before!

[Paula McLaughlin]

That certainly is a lot of cotton--super cool shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Wow, each bales looks like a container load ready for export. Love the contrasting colours.

[Margaret Obey]

Wow, I have never seen anything like this

[Lin]

Cool - never seen it like that!

[Francoise]

I feel like I'm on a field trip!

[Lisa Poland]

@axika Watching the cotton has fascinated me. First time I've seen it, too.
@sarasdadandmom Now that harvest is over, I'm going to have to find another subject to obsess on! LOL!
@summerfield Lifetime supply for our whole town! LOL!
@ladygator Oh, I would love to see a cotton gin at work. I'll have to look once we are back from Thanksgiving vacation. I have to see that.
@mittens @randystreat @eyeamlisa @kwind @paulam @ceilidh @linnypinny Thanks!
@sangwann I thought they were semi trailers at first! LOL!
@francoise Welcome to my homeschool class! LOL!

[👑 AnaZad]

Wow that's a lot of cotton. Never seen it.

[Rick Schies]

Wow, something we do not see too often

[Tremerryn]

Wow, amazing - have seen cotton presented like that before.

[Lisa Poland]

@anazad511 @digitalrn @tremerryn Thanks!