31. The plantation owner destroyed part of the cotton crop, cheated them on the payment for what was left and then ran them off the land. 32. There are tobacco fields, cotton crops, chicken coops and hog lagoons all around Tarboro. 33. Their reproduction in the spring begins the annual assualt on cotton crops. 34. There was something good and clean and pure about planting and nurturing a cotton crop with your own hands. 35. This country is drying up, the black land turning gray, the corn well past saving, and most of the cotton crop in deep trouble. 36. Though half the size of a housefly, the weevils have literally been able to nip vast cotton crops in the bud. 37. This time of year, with the cotton crop just in, white tufts litter the roadsides. 38. To harvest their cotton crop, the Chandlers must rely on migrant workers. 39. U.S. farmers will harvest a larger-than-expected cotton crop this autumn, the government said, as excellent growing conditions during August accelerated development. 40. Ongoing drought conditions have decimated cotton crops and burned hay fields. |