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Exterior photograph of Bagley Better Cotton in Martindale, Texas.

Exterior photograph of Bagley Better Cotton in Martindale, Texas.

Photograph of a cotton field in front of Bagley Better Cotton building in Martindale, Texas.

Exterior photograph of Bagley Better Cotton in Martindale, Texas.

Exterior photograph of Bagley Better Cotton in Martindale, Texas.

Photograph of cotton field in front of Bagley Better Cotton building in Martindale, Texas.

Photograph of cotton ready for harvest.

Photograph of cotton ready for harvest.

Photograph of field workers picking cotton.

Photograph of field workers picking cotton.

Photograph of cotton ready for harvest.

Photograph of cotton ready for harvest.

Photograph of dry land where cotton has been poisoned.

Photograph of plant life sprouting through the dirt.

Photograph of dying cotton plants.

Photograph of cotton being hauled in a trailer to a farm-house to be processed at Galle Gin near Staples.

From San Marcos Record: Juan Mendoza brings in the first bale of cotton for San Marcos at the O.C. Smith Gin. From the August 11, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: First San Marcos bale of cotton ginned at the O.C. Smith gin belonged to Juan Mendoza pictured on the right. The bale weighed 572 pounds, was graded "strict muddling" and was one inch staple cotton. Interested onlookers are right to left: C.M. Allen (cotton buyer), Marvin Jackson (compress manager), and Lamar Smith (a fourth-generation member of a ginning family). From the August 11, 1960, issue.

From San Marcos Record: First San Marcos bale of cotton ginned at the O.C. Smith gin belonged to Juan Mendoza pictured on the right. The bale weighed 572 pounds, was graded "strict muddling" and was one inch staple cotton. Interested onlookers are right to left: C.M. Allen (cotton buyer), Marvin Jackson (compress manager), and Lamar Smith (a fourth-generation member of a ginning family). From the August 11, 1960, issue.