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> > Mickey wrote: If any of you city folk can tell me what "choppin' cotton" is I would be highly impressed. Even city folk know how to Google to find out that chopping cotton refers to pulling weeds from between the cotton plants. You non-city folk impress way too easy. Bob
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> Bob, I love you city folk, your answer is on the right track. But it is not precise. There are no weeds on freshly plowed ground.
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Not only do I know what it is, I have done it. Cotton is a delicate plant and in order to get a good stand the farmer planted way too many seeds. If all or most came up and made a seedling they were too thick (too close together). So some of them had to be chopped out to make the correct number of plants for optimal production. Of course grass and weeds were also removed at the same time.
Rick
