P i c t u r e d: Delta Cotton
Cotton-picking time in the Delta is my favorite. This week when I haven’t been holed up working on my book edits (yay!), I’ve been driving from the bootheel of Missouri and along the Great River Road searching out magazine and blog post stories. The highways and byways of the Delta are roaring with trucks hauling soybeans and grain. The gins are ginning at capacity. I can often be found poking around in fields or parked on the side of the road taking pictures. So far, the farmers work around me. ? ??
A few Delta cotton pics. (The smoke in the first two pictures is from the adjacent soybean field—burning stalks after harvest.)
- John Deere picker, Mississippi County, Ar.
- Round bale, Mississippi County, Ar.
- Adams Cotton Gin, Leachville, Ar.
- Old cotton picking sack, Mississippi County Museum, Osceola, Ar.
- Momma, my sister and me.
- 1910 cotton picking basket, Mississippi County Museum, Osceola, Ar.
- Beautiful boll, Dunklin County, Mo.
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
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Musical Pairing:
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cotton Fields Back Home
Great picture of you, your sister, and your momma. All of the pictures are great. Oh and by the way, I almost always listen to your musical pairings. This was especially fun to listen to this morning.
I loved outside Lake Village, AR for ten years and farmed.–not cotton but soybeans, rice and winter wheat. This brings back memories of that time.
Love it. Nothing prettier than a field of cotton.
Great pic’s and the Missouri Bootheel has some beautiful cotton fields.
It’s still strange to see less and less cotton in so many fields each year.
Yes, I agree, Angie. The cotton in the bootheel is gorgeous! All that sandy soil I suppose.
Very interesting! I’ve never seen a cotton plant before. I can’t imagine picking a field like that by hand.
Great pictures.
Loved Creedence Clearwater back when! These pictures are great. I’m glad you got to be there at this important time.
I love Creedence Clearwater, too! I thought about you yesterday as I drove through LR. It was lunchtime on Sunday and I imagine you were at your regular eating place:)