The House and Me Smell like Dark Fired Tobacco

[smstonypoint]

When I lived in KY I stacked tobacco ONCE. I would have to be very hungry to it again. Standing up on thin boards that might have been 2x4s high up in a barn while someone passed up the tobacco bundles was not fun. Getting the tobacco in your eyes and down your shirt did not make the job any better either. :laughing:

When I moved to NC I noticed they cured the tobacco with heat and not by air. They had much smaller barns and many of them were just shipping containers sized. No climbing! :thumbsup:

Dan,

I'm guessing that you were working with burley tobacco in KY. Both burley and flue-cured are grown in NC. The NC "heat-"cured tobacco you are referring to is flue-cured.

Steve

 

[MicroPilot]

I can not sympathize with your problems in any way. Tobacco = death. Up front, the nicotine will cause anyone coming into contact in the field to end there day with a case of nicotine posing. Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing tobacco and sniff will all lead to some form of cancer, mouth, throat, and lung. There are also other illness associated with tabacco. Nature developed nicotine as a defense to insect attack.

Was this post really necessary?
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[Gale Hawkins]

I can not sympathize with your problems in any way. Tobacco = death. Up front, the nicotine will cause anyone coming into contact in the field to end there day with a case of nicotine posing. Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing tobacco and sniff will all lead to some form of cancer, mouth, throat, and lung. There are also other illness associated with tabacco. Nature developed nicotine as a defense to insect attack.

Not sure what problem you are talking about. The smell of the smoke cured tobacco is a little like smoke cured hams. Some do not like it but from me it brings back a lot of childhood memories.

I agree like Alcohol that Tobacco usage can carry negatives for those that use these kinds of products. KY is known to raise a lot of taxes through both mentioned industries. In KY both industries have kept a lot of people off of the welfare rolls. Thankfully I do not use either of the products but I do know and run around with people that do drink and smoke.

With a medical background and a family member as a pharmacist I expect as much damage is occurring due to the use of products from prescribled medicine makers as from the tobacco and alcohol industries.

I am not trying to slam all three of these industries but just to try to get you to see there are things as bad for our future. While the King of England tried to stop the use of tobacco that was introduced to white man by the indians his success was limited.:laughing:

In KY both tobacco and alcohol industries have clothed and educated a lot of kids. I wish the negative effect of both industries did not exist but both were around before I arrived and will be around after I am gonr. There are many vices other there.

Your post may show your need to abuse others. I hope that is not the fact because of these who may not be able to excape your behavior in a physical sense.

 

[Transit]

Gale, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Michael dugles and thousands of others. So you are telling me that it is ok for the good God fearing people of TN and KY to live on blood money?

And you try to justify your argument by sighting history back 300 years ago when all the dangers were not truly known.

 

[Bird]

I can not sympathize with your problems in any way. Tobacco = death. Up front, the nicotine will cause anyone coming into contact in the field to end there day with a case of nicotine posing. Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing tobacco and sniff will all lead to some form of cancer, mouth, throat, and lung. There are also other illness associated with tabacco. Nature developed nicotine as a defense to insect attack.

Yep, it causes cancer sometimes, maybe. Other times, people use tobacco for many many years and never get cancer. And then, contrary to what lots of idiots believe, many people who have never used tobacco die of cancer. Tobacco = death? Maybe, sometimes. But Living = death always.

 

[MossRoad]

All right, fellas... lets agree that tobacco products are not good for the health of the citizens.

Then lets go ahead and let folks reminisce about a time that they recall fondly without telling them something they already know regarding those health consequences in an insulting manner.

 

[dmccarty]

Dan,

I'm guessing that you were working with burley tobacco in KY. Both burley and flue-cured are grown in NC. The NC "heat-"cured tobacco you are referring to is flue-cured.

Steve

Everything I saw in KY was Burley tobacco. All of the barns I have seen here in NC were flue cured either in very old barns or mostly in metal "barns." Course when I was in KY that was three decades OK so I have no idea what they do now.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Dan I looked at that DR chipper last night but the pricedoes not make sense for me plus they are WORK. I would like their grader blade for our 17 HP DR however. :thumbsup:
...

One reason we never bought a chipper for the tractor is that that they were just too much money especially when one got a hydraulic feed.

I am afraid the DR chipper for the brush mower might be slow and hard work to chip. I have to investigate and even if it works I am still not sure if it makes money sense. But $1200 was cheap for a chipper if it works.

Later,
Dan

 

[smstonypoint]

Everything I saw in KY was Burley tobacco. All of the barns I have seen here in NC were flue cured either in very old barns or mostly in metal "barns." Course when I was in KY that was three decades OK so I have no idea what they do now.

Later,
Dan

Dan,

The burley in NC was traditionally confined to the western parts of the state. After the buyout in 2004, burley production has spread into other parts of the state.

Steve

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Gale, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Michael dugles and thousands of others. So you are telling me that it is ok for the good God fearing people of TN and KY to live on blood money?

And you try to justify your argument by sighting history back 300 years ago when all the dangers were not truly known.

I was just jesting about the strong smell of dark fired tobacco stalks to begin win "Me Smell".

Then I was just aswering some questions and talking about the past.

We got your sermon even if it was a waste of bandwidth like many of my posts. :laughing:

Transit have you been to see the remake of True Grit that started John Wayne the first time? I suggest you see it but be forewarned there is alcohol and tobacco use throughout the movie.