I did.
I and my family did, for YEARS! Well, technically, I was too young to “pick” cotton, so I “pulled” cotton. Of course, unless you have actually done that kind of work, you probably wouldn’t know the difference!
My paternal grandmother owned 65 acres of land in northeast Mississippi. Every year, I think usually in October, we would take two or three days out of school and pick cotton. My father used to say, “You want new school shoes? You will pick cotton!” He wasn’t kidding, either!