[JustaDumbBlonde]

Those "piles" are called modules and are cotton that has been mechanically packed into the rectangular shape by a machine called a module builder that is attached to and run off the pto of a tractor. The letters and numbers painted on the side of the modules identify the owner and the farm number.

The modules are picked up by a large truck with a tilt bed and rows of chains that drag that module of cotton into the back of the truck. Reversing the chains deposits the module back on the ground at the gin.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Thank-you for that bit of interesting information. I would have never had known if it weren’t for your post. I’d say you are an IntelligentBlonde! Thanks again for posting.