Cotton modules for you city folks. . .

[episodic]

http://picasaweb.google.com/episodic/Cotton/photo#4993013961313419282

Here is where your jeans start. . .

 

[episodic]

no cotton fans eh?

 

[FoBoT]

those look big
how many jeans do you get from one of those?

 

[Pepsi90919]

right

 

[krunchykrome]

Not my Gap jeans

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
those look big
how many jeans do you get from one of those?

While it's interesting to see a giant block of cotton, I'm struggling to come up with anything more than 'oh, neat.' to say about it. FoBoT's already asked about the only legitimate question...

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: FoBoT
those look big
how many jeans do you get from one of those?

While it's interesting to see a giant block of cotton, I'm struggling to come up with anything more than 'oh, neat.' to say about it. FoBoT's already asked about the only legitimate question...

let's go with some illegitimate questions, just to keep the thread moving along

i'll have to think for a minute, BRB

 

[imported_Devine]

How big is that? Theres nothing to really guage it in the picture. And another thing, say I run into it sprinting, would it hurt?

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/al/ALENTbollweevil2_cruse.jpg
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==19

The official story is that a bad swarm of boll weevils came and destroyed the cotton crop one year and the towns people decided to grow other crops and thus avoid another economic disaster.

 

[Tom]

there is so much more to agriculture in America than the average person realizes, thanks for bringing a little bit to our attention.

Lately I've been taking drives through the midwest countryside, it's amazing all the activity that goes on in rural America at harvest time. It's also a welcome reminder to the incredible strength of our country.

 

[episodic]

You do have something to gauge the size. There is a 12 year old boy's head poking out the rear of the module. . .They weigh about 12-15 thousand pounds. They are solid - so a full sprint into it might hurt. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_module_builder

 

[illusion88]

are you related to the cotton industry in any way?

 

[episodic]

http://picasaweb.google.com/episodic/Cotton/photo#4993203542676078610

Before it is picked. . .

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: illusion88
are you related to the cotton industry in any way?

Not currently - but have been employed by it several times. My 1st job out of high school was loading 100lb sacks of cotton seeds on the back of an 18 wheeler 8 hours a day. . . (this is what motivated me to go to college - before this I had no intent to go). . .

Later during college I earned my CDL's and I drove a module truck (see the wikipedia article I posted earlier) to pay for some of my school 12 weeks of 12 hour driving. . .

 

[episodic]

http://picasaweb.google.com/episodic/Cotton/photo#4993204630197764114

Here is a field after picking. . .notice a few stragglers hanging on . . .

 

[So]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: FoBoT
those look big
how many jeans do you get from one of those?

While it's interesting to see a giant block of cotton, I'm struggling to come up with anything more than 'oh, neat.' to say about it. FoBoT's already asked about the only legitimate question...

let's go with some illegitimate questions, just to keep the thread moving along

i'll have to think for a minute, BRB

:thumbsup:

 

[imported_Devine]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/al/ALENTbollweevil2_cruse.jpg
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==19

The official story is that a bad swarm of boll weevils came and destroyed the cotton crop one year and the towns people decided to grow other crops and thus avoid another economic disaster.

Damn you boll weevils but hooray for peanuts. ... well unless your allergic to them. .. .

 

[imported_Devine]

Originally posted by: episodic
You do have something to gauge the size. There is a 12 year old boy's head poking out the rear of the module. . .They weigh about 12-15 thousand pounds. They are solid - so a full sprint into it might hurt. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_module_builder

Thats a whole lotta cotton, so much for the ignorant thought of "Cotton's soft right?"

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: Devine

Originally posted by: episodic
You do have something to gauge the size. There is a 12 year old boy's head poking out the rear of the module. . .They weigh about 12-15 thousand pounds. They are solid - so a full sprint into it might hurt. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_module_builder

Thats a whole lotta cotton, so much for the ignorant thought of "Cotton's soft right?"

You could use it for a punching bag - soft but tough. . .

 

[Canai]

So what kind of machine do they use to make those giant cotton blocks?

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: Canai
So what kind of machine do they use to make those giant cotton blocks?

These photos are not mine - but are very comprehensive.

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/insectcorner/photos/harvester/page_01.htm

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Wow things have changed alot. My grandfather worked at a Cotton gin when I was a kid and they baled the cotton in much smaller bales back then.

It was almost all pick by hand back then, my dad took me to the cotton fields to pick on a couple of occasions to learn the value of hard work

 

[episodic]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Wow things have changed alot. My grandfather worked at a Cotton gin when I was a kid and they baled the cotton in much smaller bales back then.

It was almost all pick by hand back then, my dad took me to the cotton fields to pick on a couple of occasions to learn the value of hard work

Up until about 15 years ago, there was still a few that picked by the bale - they are all gone now. . .

 

[Rastus]

Cotton Comes to Harlem