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Cotton Harvest - Oct 2005

My parents, two younger brothers, and a handful of employees farm about 5000 acres in eastern North Carolina. About 3500 acres of that is cotton! Alli and I went down to the farm for the first weekend of picking cotton.
Cotton stalk
Cotton stalk		 Cotton in the bur
Cotton in the bur		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227780.IMG_0391.jpg 4-row Cotton Picker
4-row Cotton Picker
Thousands of spindles pull the cotton out of the bur
Thousands of spindles pull the cotton out of the bur		 Picker spindles up close
Picker spindles up close		 Each bar has 18 spindles
Each bar has 18 spindles		 Cotton is pulled off the spindles and then sucked up the big black pipes into the basket
Cotton is pulled off the spindles and then sucked up the big black pipes into the basket
Picker in action
Picker in action		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227822.IMG_0495.jpg Pick until the basket is full
Pick until the basket is full		 Cotton picker dumps into the boll buggy
Cotton picker dumps into the boll buggy
v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227805.IMG_0456.jpg Boll buggy
Boll buggy		 The boll buggy dumps into the module builder
The boll buggy dumps into the module builder		 The module builder compresses the cotton into a huge block
The module builder compresses the cotton into a huge block
Cotton module truck in action
Cotton module truck in action		 A module is roughly 15 bales of cotton
A module is roughly 15 bales of cotton		 A bale of ginned cotton weighs 500 pounds
A bale of ginned cotton weighs 500 pounds		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227788.IMG_0407.jpg
v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227789.IMG_0408.jpg Off to the cotton gin
Off to the cotton gin		 Lunch in the field
Lunch in the field		 My brother Zac and girlfriend Stephanie
My brother Zac and girlfriend Stephanie
My brother Sam
My brother Sam		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227800.IMG_0442.jpg Cotton Harvest
Cotton Harvest		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227802.IMG_0447.jpg
v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227803.IMG_0451.jpg My sister Sharon and her son David
My sister Sharon and her son David		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227806.IMG_0458.jpg v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227807.IMG_0460.jpg
Little David
Little David		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227809.IMG_0465.jpg Big David
Big David		 Alli running the module builder
Alli running the module builder
v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227812.IMG_0469.jpg We picked 10 modules in a day
We picked 10 modules in a day		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227813.IMG_0478.jpg v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227814.IMG_0479.jpg
v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227823.IMG_0496.jpg Daniel running the module builder
Daniel running the module builder		 v3%2f07%2f66107%2f4%2f51227829.IMG_0510.jpg Full Moon
Full Moon
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luke 03-Apr-2009 02:47
where i live we have just finshed picking cotton and i was working on the module builder
which is good fun becuse you can jump in to the the builder
i love it
Guest 01-Apr-2008 11:21
I'm applying for a job helping out with this year's cotton harvest in Southern Queensland, Australia. Your pictures are a wonderful aid for me to understand the details of the harvesting process....I am most grateful...James Gaffney
alli and daniel walton 15-Nov-2006 18:21
Thanks :) Nope, not organic.
Charles 14-Jul-2006 03:35
Great shots, Organic Cotton??
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