"Cotton Pickin' Time..."

Here in the South, USA, it is cotton picking time. These days they use machines like this to pick whole fields in a day. My great uncles and aunt picked by hand...for weeks to get all the cotton in.

[Milanie]

Nice shot of those fields - heard Arkansas had quite a crop this year.

[amyK]

Interesting shot. Looks like quite a load.

[sally agnew]

And a cotton wool sky :)

[Casablanca]

Oh wow, I have never seen cotton in the field before, how wonderful!

[Nova]

Looks like progress is a good thing, as I don't think I'd want to do this job by hand. :)

[Karly]

I've never seen this before either. Really interesting shot. It would make a great postcard for your area.

[Beachcomber149]

Nice to see how it is done !

[Thom Mitchell]

Great title and cool photo to catch the white "stripe"!

[HelenM]

That's a monster of a machine

[Kathy]

Nice glimpse into this type of farming

[GaryW]

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Thanks to ALL of you for your comments. This is a common sight in my area. I'll try to get back and show the cotton up close. I appreciate all of you stopping by to view my project!!