planter boxes

 

To many people, "planter boxes" are those structures below windows filled with flowers.  To farmers, planter boxes are the containers holding cotton seed.  Pictured is an eight-row planter, however, modern equipment can extend up to 16 rows.  Surely you can name the manufacturer of this planter.  Consider that a 50-pound bag of cotton seed may cost about $400; it is planted about 4-5 pounds to the acre; there's 640 acres in a section of farmland. Then factor in expenses of equipment, labor, diesel, irrigation -- and that's what the farmer bets each planting season against Mother Nature in the game of chance called cotton farming.

The Farm
Lubbock County, Texas