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Posted: 13 Aug 2014

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Cotton

Cotton
Newly harvested cotton is moved in large round bales, but some falls on the roadside.

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 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Aussie snow!!!!!
9 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Many thanks everyone for your kind comments and faves. I drove past this cotton for many km but finally just had to stop for a photo. :)
9 years ago.
 tiabunna
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:)
9 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
The shipping container sized blocks of harvested cotton are named modules These get processed in a gin to get rid of any rubbish eg bits of leaf and twigs, and to separate the fibre from the seed. The fibre, named lint, is compressed into bales, around 30 from a module. The seed can be used for stock feed and extraction of oil. The lint is graded for colour and length and priced for whiteness and greater length. The cotton in the photo would have fallen from modules being taken from the field to the gin.
9 years ago.
 tiabunna
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Thanks very much for that detailed information, Graham. It clarifies well the stages of handling and processing that the cotton goes through after harvesting.
9 years ago.

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