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Date: 01/03/2006 Views: 281

What Southern Boatnerds Do When They Can't Watch Ships

Ok, we have to do something exciting to pass the time until we are able to boatwatch again. So we watch Cotton grow, then get picked, then go to the gin to be processed.

Date: 02/14/2008
Size: 47 items
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07_ModuleTrucks

07_ModuleTrucks

Module trucks lined up at the scales

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 212
56_Discarded_Hulls

56_Discarded_Hulls

Discarded seed hulls

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 201
54_Seed_House

54_Seed_House

Seed is stored in the seed house until ready to load on a truck & sent to be processed for oil.

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 141
53_Bales_T

53_Bales_T

Now here's something not found in the cargo holds of a Great Lakes ship

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 222
49_Warehouse_Ready

49_Warehouse_Ready

Bales are ready to store in the warehouse until sold

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 139
47_Completed_Bale

47_Completed_Bale

A completed bale weights 500 lbs. 15-18 bales are produced from a module.

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 119
46a_Bale_Sealed

46a_Bale_Sealed

Modern technology - a bale's sleeve is sealed close with an iron!

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 136
46_Bale_Wrap

46_Bale_Wrap

The bale is wrapped in a plastic sleeve

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 116
41_Making_Bales

41_Making_Bales

A bale is delivered

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 134
40_Making_Bales

40_Making_Bales

This machine compresses the cotton into a bale

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 136
39_Separator_Operator

39_Separator_Operator

Another Cotton Stand & Operator

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 158
38_Cotton_Seeds

38_Cotton_Seeds

Cotton seeds removed & sent to the seed house

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 174
36_Seed_Separator

36_Seed_Separator

This "Stand" removes the seed from the cotton

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 194
35_Vacume_Operator

35_Vacume_Operator

Vacuum operator - reminds me of the operator's booth on the coal loaders

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 151
34_Wagon_Emptied

34_Wagon_Emptied

This trailer is almost empty

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 127
32_Cotton_Vacumed

32_Cotton_Vacumed

Cotton is literally vacuumed from the trailer & into the gin

Date: 02/11/2008
Views: 134
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