When I was a kid I spent summers with my grandparents, my granddaddies both grew terbacky. I looked forward to the cutting time. I got to drive the tractor pulling the wagon through the field then haul the load to the barn. Being 12 or 14 that was a real big deal. My one granddaddy hired an old black man, one mr. Fred Torian who was quite a character. He christened me an "honorary soul brother" at one point which I thought was pretty cool for a know-nothing white boy. He also made some wicked Q that was quite famous.
He had one guy on his crew named Sculley who was about 7ft tall and was always the guy on the wagon handing the sticks up to the guys on the tiers. I learned many things from those guys while waiting for them to unload a wagon, none of which I shared with my parents! My granddaddies occasionally grew dark fired backy but mostly grew air-cured burley. They used arsenic of lead to kill the worms, go figure what that did to "flavor" the product. --R (sent from my miniPad) On May 3, 2013, at 11:14 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: Yes, we called 'em slides, too; 'had burlap from fertilizer bags on both side and ends. During winter, my dad and brothers would cut the wood for heating the curing barns. I remember at 5 to 10 years old, or so, wanting to spend nights at the barn with Daddy. A few times, I'd go to sleep at the barn, but I'd awaken in the house in my bed and be upset that Mama had gone to the barn and taken me, asleep, in her arms to the house. Everybody, Mom, Dad, 5 brothers and a sister, took good care of "the baby." I was lucky to have such a caring and loving family. We never had much money or material things, but they gave me a strong sense of integrity, determination, perseverance, persistence, and tenacity Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Speeding and revenue > > In Vance Co., NC, those "tobacco trucks" are called slides. I still have a > tobacco curing barn in good shape which I modified (by adding a six-foot > wide door) to hold yard equipment. When this old tobacco farm was active it > was just as you describe. I still have one slide that seems to be made from > 2x lumber and truck parts; both sides drop down for loading. Also, the > curing barn was heated by fire and had to be manned 24-7 during the process. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of WILTON > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 9:11 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Speeding and revenue > > Relative measure of wealth reminds me: When I was a boy on tobacco farms in > > Nash County, NC, my measure of a "rich" farmer was his tobacco trucks - the > little mule-drawn trucks that hauled the tobacco leaves from the fields to > the curing barns where a crew, usually women and girls/children, would > "loop" (attach with cotton string) them onto sticks to facilitate hanging > the leaves into the barns. Our trucks were home-made and rode on 2 X 6 > (sometimes, 2 X 4) wooden slide "runners." "Rich" farmers had wheels on > their store-bought, factory-built trucks. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 8:51 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Speeding and revenue > > >> >> What is the basis of the implied assumption that the rich (generally >> understood to mean anyone with more than me) should not have the same >> Constitutional protections as the poor? >> >> >> Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Wouldn't it be way fairer to soak the rich through application of a >>> progressive tax code, rather than burdening those who can least afford >>> to >>> pay these fines, as a means of shouldering the cost of governing. >> -- >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
