On a lighter note from our current "Arming The Slaves" thread, I thought this was an interesting story. Oh, and for our Northern posters, this does not mean I want to re-institute slavery, even though I live in the South. I found the story interesting as it identifies the major Cotton producers today the source of the increased demand, China.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704300604575554210569885910.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection

Who knows, maybe we'll see those beautiful bolls flowing across the fields of the Delta again. Of course, these days we pick Cotton with very sophisticated and expensive "combines".

I miss the Cotton fields of the South I knew as a kid. Here again, for those ready to pounce, I do not want to re-institute share cropping or have people out in the fields bent-over, picking the Cotton by hand, singing old "negro spirituals". It's the sheer beauty and nostalgia of a cotton field at harvesting time that I'd like to see again.

Jim