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Cotton: The once and future king
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Cotton was once the dominant crop among Southern farmers, so much so that it was called King Cotton. Vintage photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries show wagons loaded with cotton lining the streets of towns waiting in line for access to cotton gins. Farmers devoted months to planting, cultivating and harvesting cotton from early spring through half of autumn.
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