Cotton's Rebound In Georgia
Jimmy Webb
Leary, Ga.
How significant was the boll weevil eradication program? I remember one summer morning while working at the farm and attending college that Harvey Norton (who worked for my grandfather and then Uncle Bob for 40 years) said he woke up to a loud noise behind the house in the cotton field. We asked him if he found out what it was, and he said it was a mama boll weevil beating her son because he was only taking one row at a time!
That's a funny story, but it ought to tell any outsider how important it was for cotton farmers to eliminate that deadly insect pest.
Cotton is such an important crop for our small communities. The biggest boom for rural Georgia is how many times a bale of cotton turns over in the local economy. That doesn't happen with grain crops. You could al-most say cotton is an economic stimulus for rural Georgia when cotton is king.
source : cottonfarming
Jimmy Webb
Leary, Ga.
How significant was the boll weevil eradication program? I remember one summer morning while working at the farm and attending college that Harvey Norton (who worked for my grandfather and then Uncle Bob for 40 years) said he woke up to a loud noise behind the house in the cotton field. We asked him if he found out what it was, and he said it was a mama boll weevil beating her son because he was only taking one row at a time!
That's a funny story, but it ought to tell any outsider how important it was for cotton farmers to eliminate that deadly insect pest.
Cotton is such an important crop for our small communities. The biggest boom for rural Georgia is how many times a bale of cotton turns over in the local economy. That doesn't happen with grain crops. You could al-most say cotton is an economic stimulus for rural Georgia when cotton is king.
source : cottonfarming
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