Spam/Phish> Re: [AT] Towing

[charlie hill]

Hi Dick,

The way I harvested it was by walking, bent over between two rows, pulling 
the leaves off one row with each hand and holding them under my arms or 
between my legs until I couldn't hold any more.  Then take them over and put 
them in the "truck".  The harvesters are really a mid '50's invention and 
most farmers didn't use mechanical devices until the 70's and 80's.  In fact 
there are still farmers that harvest by hand and on foot.  The reason most 
don't is because of a lack of labor that will work that hard.  The 
mechanical harvestors are fast and efficient but they damage the leaves and 
the quality of the cured tobacco some.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 9:58 AM
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> Thanks.  Interesting.  I guess I never gave much thought to how tobacco 
> was
> harvested.  Growing up, I never saw much harvesting of any kind in 
> downtown
> Baltimore :)
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:18 PM
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>
> Dick, I got too "punchy." Here's another photo of a Silent Flame
> harvester:
>
> http://berriencounty.smugmug.com/gallery/1440173/4/68516177
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of D. Day
> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 7:41 PM
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> Where would a guy find pictures of a Silent Flame.  Any idea why they
> called
> it this?
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 6:14 PM
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>
> PS That would have been in 1989-92, somewhere in there.
>
>
>
> When I was in high school and we would go to Raleigh for various FFA
> events, there was a Silent Flame sitting outside of Goldsboro on Hwy.
> 70.  I think it was beside an antique store or something.  As I recall,
> the thing looked like it was ready to go to the field.
>
> Al
>
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