Posted by flembo on March 11, 2018 at 09:08:19 from (67.142.96.25):
In Reply to: todays photo posted by IanC on March 11, 2018 at 07:05:27:
What is pictured looks like Broad leaf Tobacco mostly used for cigars and outer wrappers, I grew up in Conn. And worked Tobacco at age 13 to 15. the Tobacco Farmers would come to the schools and set up tables in the halls you needed to be 13 yrs. old To get working papers. Shade grown tobacco was grown under nets where the temp. could reach 120 deg The big time Shade Grown Tobacco farmers would bring in Jamaicans to work under the nets. They picked the leaves and put them in baskets that were pulled to the outside then picked up and loaded on wagons and brought to the barns. The white kids worked in the barns. The girls sewed the leaf’s onto lathes then the boys hung the full lathes on racks called tiers. The higher up in the barn the pay went up a few cents the highest tier was called the pearl tier the older boys got the higher tiers the pearl tier had bragging rights. Broad leaf Tobacco was grown out in the open and the entire plant was chopped off at the ground and the entire plant was attached to a lathe and hung in the barns the same way. The barns were built with every other board hinged at the top so they could be propped open for air circulation. Large propane heaters speeded up the drying process. Usually around October the tobacco was shipped off to the cigarette and cigar manufactures. I am going back to the early to mid-60’s so I may not be 100% accurate on my description so don’t beat me up over details. LOL
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