[AT] Horrible harvesting conditions.

Al Jones farmallsupera at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 25 15:16:50 PST 2008


And now, they just go through and knock the lugs on the ground!

Charlie you and I both have ancestors buried all over eastern NC that roll
over in their graves every tobacco harvesting season, given the way it is
handled now! 

Many-a-kid has gotten their butt tore up over dropping a hand of leaves on
the ground, accidentally chopping a hill of tobacco down with the hoe,
etc.....


AS to worst harvest conditions that I remember, it would be corn, 2005
after hurricane ophelia.  Blew it flat and seemed nothing would get it up. 
Finally finished on March 2, 2006.  I remember a similar situation in
around 1982 or 83 when I was a kid---it blew down and we were still trying
to pick it the next spring. That was the first migrant workers--from
Mexico--I ever saw. A crew came through looking for work and my dad hired
them to pick up the corn by the 5 gal. bucket full, throw it in big piles,
and then he would come around from pile to pile with the combine and they
would throw it in by the bucketful into the machine.

Al

> [Original Message]
> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 11/25/2008 11:07:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Horrible harvesting conditions.
> That first week you spend 
> the entire day bent over double pulling the "sand lugs".  Each week it
gets 
> a bit easier.  It's about a 6 week process.
>> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Horrible harvesting conditions.
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>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:25 AM
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> >
> >> My worst experiences weren't from cold but rain.
> >
> > Charlie, thats one big difference between your area and mine. When the 
> > first
> > rain drops fall thats when the combines head for home. Sometimes a
little
> > rain shower gives us a much needed break after a few weeks of long days
on
> > the combine. After a good rain it takes up to 3 days for cereals to dry 
> > out,
> > less for oilseeds like canola.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
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