Friday, October 14, 2011

Ginning Ginning Time is here!

Its that time of year here at Anchor Academy. Cotton Gin Season. The time when schedules are unpredictable, Nights are late, and hubby comes home grubby.
We're only ginning days now, but within a week we will probably be ginning nights too, which is when things will get really busy!
The Gin is one neat place though. Other than being loud and dirty of course. But sit in a chair and use some ear plugs and it is quite interesting. :D

The cotton is loaded onto the Module Feeder, where it is then chopped up and sucked into the gin.


































The cotton then goes through a series of giant machines that dry, clean, deseed, and rehydrate the cotton.



































Then the cotton is pressed and wired into bales, bagged and loaded onto a truck to be taken to the storing warehouse.


















Its so clean and soft when its done!


And there you have been given a completely feminine view of the cotton gin. :D

2 comments:

  1. Have you ever seen the North and South mini-series? It's about (in part) the cotton industry in England in the 1800s and I find it fascinating!

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