[Farmall] Some ads from the 1/17 Lancaster Farming

[Mike Sloane]

Many years ago, there was an old Civil War era brick building that was 
being torn down. I stopped by the demolition site and asked the foreman 
if I could have/buy a few bricks for my walk. He laughed - he said that 
the bricks were all sold before the demolition even started and would 
probably make more money than what the company was paid for doing the 
work. It turns out that "old brick" is worth more than new bricks around 
this part of the country. (mid-Atlantic/Northeast)

Mike

E. John Puckett wrote:
> 
> Mike Sloane wrote:
>> Some of the more interesting ads from the (free to
>> subscribers) Mailbox Markets section of the weekly Lancaster (PA) 
>> Farming newspaper for 1/17/2009. For the full listing, go to 
>> <www.lancasterfarming.com>. [my comments, if any, are in brackets]
>>
>> For Sale:
>>
>>
>> 	
>> Handmade bricks from the 1840s excellent shape thousands available 1.00 
>> apiece obo. Beautiful stones from stone wall. Lancaster Co. 717-653-7346.
> In St. Louis they are having a problem with people knocking down old 
> buildings that are abandoned, or sometimes in the process of being 
> remodeled, in order to steal the old bricks.  They are then taken to New 
> Orleans where they are cleaned, rebaked, and used in rebuilding old 
> buildings that were damaged in Katrina.