I don’t
take my blood pressure during cotton harvest. I might break the cuff. It can be
a little nerve wracking.
-There is the anticipation of
bringing a season’s worth of work. How did we do? Will we pay the bills?
-There is the worry about the
weather. The first few seasons I was up here it rained all Fall. Picking in the
rain is a mess. That introduction to cotton picking makes me jump this time of
year even when the weather man says everything is OK.
-Will the equipment hold together?
G. Gordon Liddy was a former Marine. He described a helicopter as “ten thousand
nuts and bolts trying to go in different directions at the same time.” That is
a good description of a cotton picker
too. All it takes is one broken bolt and everything comes to a crashing halt.
With all that, we are off to a good
start. Warm dry weather is perfect for cotton harvest. The first day was a little
slow as we got the wrinkles out. There have been a couple of little heart
attacks. But, we will finish the first field on Monday. But, when we finished planting
in April Ruben said, “We’re done planting. Now you can relax.” I told him I can’t
relax until the last bale is picked and ginned. There are just too many things
that go wrong.
Just a reminder- my new book, “this Week on the Farm is now
at the Clovis Book Barn.
I hope you all have a great week. I’m going to take a nap
tomorrow afternoon and back in the field on Monday.
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