Large Leaf Tobacco Harvesting Operation in Enfield, CT
Sep 5, 2019 10:13:03 #
Al Beatty wrote:
Hi group,
As soon as I saw the pictures, I recognized the tractor(s). They all look like an H model Farmall that I drove on a hay baler back in the 50's. Over the years, I have not kept up on Farmall models, etc. but those in the picture could very well have been in use for 60 or more years. Take care & ...
As soon as I saw the pictures, I recognized the tractor(s). They all look like an H model Farmall that I drove on a hay baler back in the 50's. Over the years, I have not kept up on Farmall models, etc. but those in the picture could very well have been in use for 60 or more years. Take care & ...
That's what I thought. That was my dad's tractor, and I now own one myself!
Sep 5, 2019 11:12:20 #
AzPicLady wrote:
That's what I thought. That was my dad's tractor, and I now own one myself!
I'm jealous. I always thought the old "H" Farmalls were special and liked them a lot more than my uncle's "popping Johnnies" (John Deere). Take care & ...
Sep 5, 2019 12:12:40 #
Sep 5, 2019 12:56:29 #
Sep 5, 2019 14:15:07 #
My wife's first job was stringing tobacco in Massachusetts the summer she was sixteen. It was brutally hard work, stooping to the ground and standing up to tie the plant up to wires strung above head height, all the long day. The rows were close to a mile long, and you weren't allowed a break except at the end of a row. Most of the workers were from the Caribbean on a contract that wouldn't allow them to leave the property until the end of the growing season when they were paid and shipped back home. She was paid something like 35 cents an hour.
Sep 5, 2019 14:51:42 #
My uncle and grandfather grew tobacco on the family farm. Tobacco shown was called dark tobacco in VA. Cured with smoke. Very labor intensive. I spent time on the farm and experienced every season, although as a kid, did not get involved in the heavy work. Tobacco on sticks is very heavy. As I got older, I helped pass the sticks of tobacco up in the barn for hanging.
Memories.
Memories.
Sep 5, 2019 17:46:26 #
Mr. B wrote:
jaymatt,
See my explanation in the post just before yours.
Cheers,
Mr. B
See my explanation in the post just before yours.
Cheers,
Mr. B
Ok--that makes good sense. Learned something today.
Sep 5, 2019 19:26:28 #
Sep 6, 2019 10:43:44 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Great set of images!!!!
The really love their Farmall's
The really love their Farmall's
Thanks. Yes, I've noticed that most all the tobacco farms use Farmalls.
Sep 6, 2019 10:44:50 #
Mr. B wrote:
They're harvesting broad leaf Maduro cigar wrapper... (show quote)
Thanks for the great info!
Sep 6, 2019 10:45:40 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice photos--that’s a lot of hand work. It sort of reminds me of the days when we made loose hay.
Side note: can you explain the reconfiguring of the mufflers to make them exhaust at the ground? I’ve been around farm machinery all my life, and I’ve never seen anything like that before.
Side note: can you explain the reconfiguring of the mufflers to make them exhaust at the ground? I’ve been around farm machinery all my life, and I’ve never seen anything like that before.
Thanks. And thanks to the person who explained the mufflers for you.
Sep 6, 2019 10:46:28 #
lowkick wrote:
Thanks for the great info!
You bet! My pleasure. I smoke about 400 of them a year (cigars, that is).
Sep 6, 2019 10:51:49 #
JDG3 wrote:
I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee and did t... (show quote)
In TN, I assume that you grew cigarette tobacco. That is not the crop in CT, and I would imagine that planting here doesn't start until April or May, harvesting in Sept. and drying until around Thanksgiving. The drying sheds are empty after that. The entire tobacco crop here is for cigar wrappers, both inner and outer leaves.
Sep 6, 2019 10:53:53 #
jpgto wrote:
Nice...remember those days!
Thanks! I never worked tobacco, but we didn't live far from it and saw it being grown all the time. My summers were typically spent working in the family's restaurant.
Sep 6, 2019 11:53:47 #
Thanks for sharing. I never knew tobacco was grown in CT.
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