Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART I

In a subsistence economy there are no unemployed farmers. Not if they have land to use. _Hungry_ farmers, yeah you can sure have those, if conditions aren't right. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART I

: Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART I WILTON wrote: > Yep, another one already. Already? - nope, thanks. > ...Raising tobacco the way my > family did it, basically the way it had been done for 300 years, was nearly > a year-round job and was very labor in

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART I

WILTON wrote: > Yep, another one already. Already? - nope, thanks. > ...Raising tobacco the way my > family did it, basically the way it had been done for 300 years, was nearly > a year-round job and was very labor intensive and, seemingly, never-ending. > I drive a 240D 3-pedal car meaning I am

[MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - RAISING TOBACCO, PART I

Yep, another one already. RAISING TOBACCO By Wilton Strickland The main "money" crop in our area of Eastern North Carolina was "bright leaf" or "flue-cured" tobacco. Some income was also derived from raising cotton and wheat. Corn, rye, oats, barley, though usually raised mainly to feed