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As the pods are bursting every day, it is neces- sary to have them gathered with great regularity, otherwise they fall upon the ground and the cotton gets dirty, which of course reduces its value in the market. Little bands of the Chinese are now seen in the afternoon in every field, gathering the ripe cotton and carrying it home to the houses of the farmers. As the farms are generally small, they are worked almost entirely by the farmer and his family, consisting sometimes of three or even fou...r generations, including the old grey-haired grand- father or great grand-fatlier, who has seen the crops of four-score years gathered into his barns. Every member of these family groups has a certain degree of interest in his employment ; the liarvest is Chap. XIV. ] REAPING AND GATHERING. 271 their 0-wii, and the more productive it is, the greater number of comforts they will be able to afford. Of course there are many cotton farms of larger size, Avhere labourers are employed in addition to the farmer's family, but by far the greater number are small and worked in the way I have just described.
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As the pods are bursting every day, it is neces- sary to have them gathered with great regularity, otherwise they fall upon the ground and the cotton gets dirty, which of course reduces its value in the market. Little bands of the Chinese are now seen in the afternoon in every field, gathering the ripe cotton and carrying it home to the houses of the farmers. As the farms are generally small, they are worked almost entirely by the farmer and his family, consisting sometimes of three or even fou...r generations, including the old grey-haired grand- father or great grand-fatlier, who has seen the crops of four-score years gathered into his barns. Every member of these family groups has a certain degree of interest in his employment ; the liarvest is Chap. XIV. ] REAPING AND GATHERING. 271 their 0-wii, and the more productive it is, the greater number of comforts they will be able to afford. Of course there are many cotton farms of larger size, Avhere labourers are employed in addition to the farmer's family, but by far the greater number are small and worked in the way I have just described.
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