“So what we did at the gin to help the farmer is we purchased some new lint cleaning equipment and it cleans the cotton better and elongates the staple, to help them get a little more for their cotton ...

Crews with the Taft, Sinton, and Portland Fire Departments are on scene but dealing with extremely windy conditions and heavy smoke.

COCHRAN, Ga. — Cotton is king in the South, but if you look at the numbers, it’s royalty in Georgia. The Georgia Cotton Commission says the crop brings in $1 billion a year and generates 15,000 jobs ...

TIFTON, GA (WALB) - After almost a decade of being unused, the cotton gin at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College's Georgia Museum of Agriculture has been refurbished. The last time folks could see ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Everyone that lives on the South Plains knows how important cotton is to our economy. Here in Lubbock, the historical commission will soon dedicate a state marker to the first ...

We love exploring the endless hidden gems in Alabama. One of our favorites brings us to Autauga County, just outside of ...

PRATTVILLE – An effort is ongoing to preserve the future of Prattville’s past. The Historic Prattville Redevelopment Authority is seeking vintage photos and recollections and memories of the “gin shop ...

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — There’s no painless way to explain the history of a massive brick structure being renovated into apartments in this central Alabama city — a factory that played a key role in ...

In pre-Civil War Tennessee and Alabama, slaves used wooden ginning machines to turn cotton into clothing, according to Tony Mullins of Louisiana, who collects the devices shown in the accompanying ...

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