HARVESTING COTTON: SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COTTON SHARES IN NATION'S SUCCESS STORY
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Monday, November 8, 1999
More than Half of the cotton harvested in Missouri is placed into giant modules 32 feet long, 18 feet wide and contain 10 to 15 bales of cotton.some cotton is dumped into wagons or trucks for transportation to the cotton gin.
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