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Post by oldbriarpipes on May 21, 2019 14:20:35 GMT -5
yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/tobacco.htmStumbled across this today as I read in search of information on tobacco fermentation. Could you imagine being one of the rough men hired to roll a 1000lb barrel of tobacco to a warehouse? Haha, someone tell the US government we can solve the "obesity epidemic" with tobacco!
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Post by sperrytops on May 21, 2019 14:33:38 GMT -5
Interesting view into history.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 14:36:19 GMT -5
As shameful as it is interesting.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2019 16:33:29 GMT -5
Thanks for posting, interesting for sure. Extremely hard stressful job, can you imagine waking up every morning knowing what your job of the day will consist of, backbreaking work!!
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Post by stone on May 21, 2019 17:30:39 GMT -5
Great read, amazing what "work" used to mean 
It's funny, I always envisioned pipe smokers from back in those days as smoking the leaves they grew in their garden but I'm guessing that they probably smoked some good shite too!
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Post by pepesdad1 on May 21, 2019 18:03:55 GMT -5
Outstanding article...a great read if you are interested in the history.
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Post by oldbriarpipes on May 21, 2019 18:21:06 GMT -5
Outstanding article...a great read if you are interested in the history. The history really gets my blood going! Especially when it comes to Virginia tobacco, I am thinking about growing some Red Virginia. I want to read everything I can find on the old ways of curing, fermentation, and production of the leaf! Here is an old video showing NC flue cured from the field to auction. |
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Post by monbla256 on May 21, 2019 18:43:31 GMT -5
yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/tobacco.htmStumbled across this today as I read in search of information on tobacco fermentation. Could you imagine being one of the rough men hired to roll a 1000lb barrel of tobacco to a warehouse? Haha, someone tell the US government we can solve the "obesity epidemic" with tobacco!  |
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Post by Spartacus on May 21, 2019 18:51:00 GMT -5
Very informative! Thanks for posting.
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