History Of Cotton
Life of Cotton, it shows the story of cotton in West Texas and Lubbock. This is the largest history of cotton in the United States. Texas produces the largest amount of cotton than other states in United State. It is important to learn the history of cottons because people use those cottons for clothes, beds, blankets, towels, and Yarns. Without the cottons, we have no clothes to wear. We could have a hard time for sleeping with uncomfortable beds and blankets. Also some of current generations have grandparents who were part of working with cottons. And America was almost covered with cottons developed. In LHUCA, during the First Friday Art Trail, we saw the artworks and items of cottons related. It showing how the cottons were making in
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They were many adults working for, also they have children and teen that have to picking up the cottons as well. In 1930s, we did not have the Cotton Picker, the machines that automate cotton picking as we have now. Were they showing some good emotion while working with the cotton? The answer is no, because they were working outside in the weather. The people in the past, they were sweating while collecting. Their hands were covered with dirt as well while they were painting some red on their hands. Their clothes have some tore when the field tear some off and make some hold on their clothes. Their backs were hurt and felt like knots when they were picking up the cotton and putting it in the bag while the bags were getting heavy as they walked though the fields, their bags were larger and they have to carry around. During the day, they sometime have to picking up the cottons while windy that carry dirty off from ground into people’s face. Their rewards were small that they cannot able afford what they have. And when they have to working on the gins part. They could get sweat and feel hot, plus have hard time to working on it in raining and muds.
The Cottons Bales, in front of me. It shows how the cotton was beautiful as a cloud after the farmers planted them. And then after people and machine picking them up. They were covered with some dirt, which it turns from beautiful white into an ugly dirty brown and have some leaves that stuck on cottons. On Texas Cotton Gin Museum site, it said the bale weights are 500 pounds. Cannot imagine how many cottons people have to have picked before turning it into each near five feet tall of
They were many adults working for, also they have children and teen that have to picking up the cottons as well. In 1930s, we did not have the Cotton Picker, the machines that automate cotton picking as we have now. Were they showing some good emotion while working with the cotton? The answer is no, because they were working outside in the weather. The people in the past, they were sweating while collecting. Their hands were covered with dirt as well while they were painting some red on their hands. Their clothes have some tore when the field tear some off and make some hold on their clothes. Their backs were hurt and felt like knots when they were picking up the cotton and putting it in the bag while the bags were getting heavy as they walked though the fields, their bags were larger and they have to carry around. During the day, they sometime have to picking up the cottons while windy that carry dirty off from ground into people’s face. Their rewards were small that they cannot able afford what they have. And when they have to working on the gins part. They could get sweat and feel hot, plus have hard time to working on it in raining and muds.
The Cottons Bales, in front of me. It shows how the cotton was beautiful as a cloud after the farmers planted them. And then after people and machine picking them up. They were covered with some dirt, which it turns from beautiful white into an ugly dirty brown and have some leaves that stuck on cottons. On Texas Cotton Gin Museum site, it said the bale weights are 500 pounds. Cannot imagine how many cottons people have to have picked before turning it into each near five feet tall of