Mostly about my backyard chickens. (Boring, I know), but there are a lot of us out here. Mine are only kept as pampered pets. I could eat a neighbor's chicken, but not MINE. There may be a comment on current events only if I get riled up enough. And there will always be a cartoon or a joke to cheer us. I promise to try my very best to respond to comments. Now I have to figure out how this blogger thingy works....
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Stuff you never think about
If you live "Down South" you've probably seen fields of it. Here, up North, we never have!
This is a fascinating little story about cotton. Never knew it grew so tall!
When I was about 14, my family took a trip down south. I couldn't help laughing as we drove by one farm. The old black gentleman who appeared to be the owner was on the front porch in a rocking chair. In the cotton field was a crew of white guys hoeing. No matter what BLM may tell you, TIMES HAVE CHANGED! lol
Good story, Gorges. People tend to forget that when it's convenient. In the 50's my Uncle and his family worked the fields in California when he was between jobs.
While watching the video, I couldn't help but think about the beautiful 100% cotton fabrics I use to make quilts started out as white cotton bolls in a field. Amazing.
Yes. I remember "polished cotton." My dress was a pale green background with little spring flowers all over it. I think most people who sewed their own clothes would likely remember the different fabrics.
Cotton is grown in Kansas, also. I've never seen it, in Kansas, above hip high. It has a beautiful yellowish/off-white flower similar to okra in Kansas. Most of it is short fiber because the growing season isn't long enough for long fiber cotton.
My grandfather talked about how cotton ruined the soil of southern Oklahoma. I would suppose he would know, as his parents owned a half-section and most of it was planted to cotton from the late 1890s to the 1910s before the discovery of oil. The land was returned to pasture when I saw it in the early '80s.
When I was about 14, my family took a trip down south. I couldn't help laughing as we drove by one farm. The old black gentleman who appeared to be the owner was on the front porch in a rocking chair. In the cotton field was a crew of white guys hoeing. No matter what BLM may tell you, TIMES HAVE CHANGED! lol
ReplyDeleteAnd that was over 40 years ago!
ReplyDeleteGood story, Gorges. People tend to forget that when it's convenient. In the 50's my Uncle and his family worked the fields in California when he was between jobs.
DeleteWhile watching the video, I couldn't help but think about the beautiful 100% cotton fabrics I use to make quilts started out as white cotton bolls in a field. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteRemember "polished cotton"? I had a beautiful blue dress made from it when I was a teenager.
DeleteYes. I remember "polished cotton." My dress was a pale green background with little spring flowers all over it. I think most people who sewed their own clothes would likely remember the different fabrics.
DeleteWhen I went to grammar school, (eons ago) we had to make our graduation dresses in sewing class - White dotted swiss!
DeleteEli Whitney famously said:
ReplyDelete"Keep your cotton picking hands off my gin."
Whew! For a minute there I thought you meant the other kind! :o)
DeleteCotton is grown in Kansas, also. I've never seen it, in Kansas, above hip high. It has a beautiful yellowish/off-white flower similar to okra in Kansas. Most of it is short fiber because the growing season isn't long enough for long fiber cotton.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather talked about how cotton ruined the soil of southern Oklahoma. I would suppose he would know, as his parents owned a half-section and most of it was planted to cotton from the late 1890s to the 1910s before the discovery of oil. The land was returned to pasture when I saw it in the early '80s.
Didn't know it was grown there. The fields must be beautiful when it flowers!
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