Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. Houses of cotton farmers among trees on plantations . Cotton plantation area near the houses. Farmers on their horses. A horse deployed on to a plow tills the farm. Another farmer with a pair of horses tilling. Farmers pulverize 4 to 6 inches of soil by using disc harrow along with a spike tooth harrow. Farmer plows with a "middle buster" that throws the earth into rows of beds about three feet apart. A farmer employs four horses in a plow. Farmer takes seeds from a sack and disperses them in the field. An African American boy stands in the field and smiles.
Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama of United States. Young cotton plants in a farm. Horse plow for loosening soil for aeration near the plants. Farmers spread calcium arsenide pesticide to prevent the boll weevil from damaging the crops. Use of spring tooth cultivator for obtaining better harvest. Plants of cotton sprung up in field. African American men, women and children work in a farmland.
Cotton farming in the southern states like Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama in the United States, early in the 20th century. Fruit development stages of the cotton plant. A farmer shows fruit in plant. Next stage is blossom, the developed flowers in cotton plant. A young girl attaches a flower to a boy's collar. The boll in fruit of plant develops. Man shows cotton fibers from the boll.
U.S. Government film documents cotton farming practices in southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. Protection of developing cotton fruit from its arch-enemy boll weevil. A boll weevil eating up a cotton fruit. Farmers sprays a protective Calcium Arsenide pesticide in the cotton farms in night hours. Farmer on his mule cart, rides across the farm.
Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama in the United States. A cotton farm with matured cotton plants ready for harvest by picking. African American workers pick cotton bolls in field. A cloth bag tied with waist of farmer to store the pick into it. A day's pick emptied on a cloth. Farmer women weighing their daily pick, which averages around 100-200 pounds a day. A shed where the picked cotton is kept dry. A cotton picking farmer family sits near their cotton picks and waits for the loading wagon to arrive. Wagons bring cotton to gin operation. Wagons with cotton in Alabama pull up under cover of barn marked "W.A. Wyatt Jr and Co. Ginners Seed..." On the barn side a sign reads, "No smoking allowed. Cotton left on yard at owner's risk."
Cotton farming operations in southern states like Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. U.S. Government agriculture experiment stations near cotton farms which solve problems of planters. Two-Third proportion of total cotton produced in the world comes from United States. Pictorials show the proportion. Map of United States shows areas rich in cotton production. U.S. Department of Agriculture furnishes free information to farmers.