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Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Newspaper Clipping, Freighting Cotton In The Early Days
Farming in Arkansas
As part of a special interest column, the Mammoth Spring Democrat often ran old photos. This article depicts horse and mule drawn wagons hauling five cotton bales each from a farm in Camp, Arkansas to a cotton gin in Mammoth Spring for processing.
Raw Cotton To A Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of horse or mule drawn carts carrying raw cotton to a cotton gin for processing.
Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a cotton gin with bales of cotton. This gin was opened by John Michaels in the early 1920s and operated successfully until it burned in 1941.
Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"
Brochure, "Roldo Rowden Cotton Seed"
Farming in Arkansas
This is an advertising brochure for Roldo Rowden cotton seed bred by Robert L. Dortch of Scott.
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Plowed Field And Abandoned House
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a field that's been prepared for planting cotton with an abandoned farm house and collapsed building in the background.
Winter Moon Over Cotton Field
Farming in Arkansas
Image of a full moon over an old church and a cotton field during winter.
Cotton Harvest
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of a cotton farmer clearing the harvesting equipment of the gathered raw cotton.
Red House And Cotton
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of nearly ready to harvest cotton fields surrounding an unidentified red farm house.
Frozen Cotton Field
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a cotton field that has iced over before being fully harvested.
Cottonseed Cake Press, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Cottonseed Cake Press, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of two unidentified African American men working at a cottonseed cake press in the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill.
Cotton Gin Near Natural Steps
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of a cotton gin near Natural Steps in Pulaski County.
Hulling Cottonseed, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Hulling Cottonseed, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified African American man running a brush over a tray of seed to hull the cottonseeds in the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill.
Cotton Field At Lake Dick
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of an unidentified man working with a cultivator in a cotton field at the Lake Dick Farm Security Administration Project.
Maps - "Corn, Cotton, And Rice In Arkansas"
Maps - "Corn, Cotton, And Rice In Arkansas"
Farming in Arkansas
This is a page of three small maps of Arkansas showing where corn, cotton, and rice were being grown in the state in 1930.
Application For Order Of Sale, Howard V. Burchfield
Application For Order Of Sale, Howard V. Burchfield
Farming in Arkansas
This application for order of sale of perishable property is part of an ongoing lawsuit. The plaintiffs: Sarah W. Howard, John W. Howard, J.N. Howard, C.C. Howard, and P.T. Howard, are suing the defendant, W.M. Burchfield. The Howards allege that Burchfield rented fields from them to farm in 1925 and signed a contract to pay $1200 rent by January 1, 1926. In the suit, they state that the defendant failed to pay all but $100, so they put a lien on his crops. Instead of paying the Howards, Burchfield allegedly sold some of his crops, then skipped town. The application …