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Was cotton ever a cash crop in Texas?
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In case it hasn’t been mentioned on the thread, I do recall there was
a common expression for parts of Texas:
“The darkest soil, the whitest cotton!”
It was/is a major crop and research subject at Texas A&M.
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Was cotton ever a cash crop in Texas?
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In case it hasn’t been mentioned on the thread, I do recall there was
a common expression for parts of Texas:
“The darkest soil, the whitest cotton
There was a sign at the Greenville, Tx. City Limit sign that read: “Welcome to Greenville, Texas where we have the blackest land and the Whitest people in the world”.