by a train in 1933. Thats an Wilton-like story I might
recount some day.
-Curt
From: WILTON via Mercedes
To: Mountain Man ; Mercedes Discussion List
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2015 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - RAISING COTTON
A tobacco farmer with a tractor in eastern NC in 1940 would
Original Message -
From: "Mountain Man via Mercedes"
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Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - RAISING COTTON
Wilton wrote:
Cotton is another crop we raised that was very labor-intensive but not
nearly so much as tobacco.
Wilton wrote:
> Cotton is another crop we raised that was very labor-intensive but not
> nearly so much as tobacco.
Mules were used in 1940?
Did this type of wage earn $$ enough to live in the house you live today?
Thanks.
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Yep, another one already:
RAISING COTTON
By Wilton Strickland
Cotton is another crop we raised that was very labor-intensive but not
nearly so much as tobacco. Spring preparation of the soil was done very
much the same as for tobacco -- walking behind a mule or a pair of mules --
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