In Texas,cotton was king and boll weevils were the archenemy. Once weevils appeared they quickly destroyed crops. That meant having tractor fueled and ready with blower mounted and poison onboard. We applied DDT powder with a pto driven blower while dew was on so powder stuck to leaves. Dew only fall's when there is little to no wind. You drove fast trying to stay out of dust but it was impossible to stay clear of the cloud. What would Dept Of Labor and OSHA think today? Here's something most people living around cotton don't know. Most nights during hot growing season,it's much cooler in a field of cotton than other places. For that reason it's the first place dew fall's. When dew dried and dusting stopped, farmers had to check fields for dew during night so dusting could resume quick as possible until all fields have been dusted. Water born spraying replaced dust in early 50s so spraying went non stop until all fields were covered. Airplanes soon started spraying so that sped things up considerably. I have many fond memories of the pilots and planes but few of cotton farming as a whole. Dad went flat on his back with TB in 1946 and was unable to work until he died. I was the youngest at 3 and my 13 year old sister the oldest of 5 kids. When mom passed in 2010 I told people if only we were half the man mom was the world would be far better today.
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