HUDSPETH, C. E. (b. ca. 1930) | Oral History

HUDSPETH, C. E. (b. ca. 1930)

Profession: Cotton gin foreman

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For the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Cotton gin foreman. His comments and observations about changing patterns of cotton production and cotton gin operations in Denton County, Texas, 1960-1987. Processes for separating trash, lint, and seeds; changing technology for ginning operations; the Massey gin’s role in marketing cotton; fluctuations in cotton demand and prices; a tour of the Pilot Point cotton gin and the complete ginning process; maintenance of gin machinery; the cottonseed oil market; cleaning and drying cotton.
Date of Interview: August 22, 1987

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