On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:23 PM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > The average NC farmer had a crop allotment of 50 - 75 acres for tobacco > on maybe a 100 - 200 acre farm. The allotment was all the tobacco the > farmer was permitted to plant, and would allow him to sell a certain > number of pounds per acre, based on the previous year's crop. So, if he > had a good year, and got better than expected yield, he had excess > tobacco he couldn't sell, had to carry over to another year AND saw his > poundage cut back the next year. Plus, he had to store the unsold > tobacco where it wouldn't rot.<snip> Makes our various agricultural marketing boards (Wheat and Dairy seem to be the most-loathed by farmers) seem positively logical, understandable and compassionate! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
