Bales of Cotton
During cotton picking season the gin, near Deming, New Mexico, is full of wagons bringing the cotton from the fields, as well as the baled cotton that is ready and waiting to be carried away to the nation's markets.
Cotton picking
Loading Cotton Bales
A pully system is used for loading the cotton bales on trucks at the gin.
Cotton Gin and Weighing of the Bales
A man weighing bales of cotton at the gin near Deming, New Mexico.
Weighing of Cotton
Two farmers weigh bags of picked cotton in a field near Deming, New Mexico.