Thanks Jack. Some day I suspect the greens will get their way and have the practice banned. As bad as it is for the atmosphere it's really good for the soil (And we have pretty poor soil in most of the wheatbelt).
Cheers, Dave On 2 June 2012 20:06, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well composed and rendered, David. > Here in northern California, the rice stubble had, for years, been burned > off. Air pollution became an issue and the practice was gradually ended. The > previous year's stubble is now rotted away by winter rains in combination > with some flooding of the fields. > > Jack > > Jack Davis > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis > http://www.photolightimages.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David Savage <ozsav...@gmail.com> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 10:30 PM > Subject: OT PESO - Smoke > > G'day All, > > I was traveling through the wheatbelt a few weeks ago with some > friends when we came across this scene: > > <http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7214028428_26f4dd7e76_o.jpg> > > It was getting close to planting time for the new wheat crops and the > farmers were burning off the stubble from last seasons crop. > > Enjoy. > > Cheers, > > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
