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Tobacco losses in millions
About 10 percent of growers here lose entire crop when hail shreds plants just days before harvest.
Lancaster New Era
Aug 15, 2008 10:42 EST
Lancaster
By RYAN ROBINSON, Staff

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I am beautifully and wonderfully made, iconoclast, so there must be a reason for the allergies [and sensitivities in some cases].

Some Amish sell a portion [or co-op them with other farmers], of their animal feed crops in addition to their "just for cash crops". It depends upon how much land they own or can rent at a good price.

By the way...the odor of green tobacco in the field is more pungent than the dried tobacco smell. When I stated that the tobacco was in the field in front of the house, I meant it was less than 100 feet away. But, I do enjoy listening to the corn grow [it pops].

When I have EDIT at the bottom of my screen....I am removing spaces. From now on when I actually "edit", I will strike through what I am correcting.
Wonder
QUOTE(AngelFace @ Aug 16 2008, 10:06 AM)


I suppose it says something about the air quality in Philly ...


good point.

justplainjoe
Stress, Anxiety Can Make Allergy Attacks Even More Miserable And Last Longer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/...80814154327.htm
A new study shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person's allergic reaction to some routine allergens.

Moreover, the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing the second day of a stressed person's allergy attack to be much worse.

The finding, the latest in more than three decades of study on stress and immunity, is important since allergic reactions are the fifth-most-common chronic disease in America, and medical costs to treat them can reach $3.4 billion each year

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BuffaloBill
QUOTE(Wonder @ Aug 15 2008, 03:23 PM)
You are wrong. We lived here first and the farmer built the farm three years after we moved here. They were renting the property. Do you understand how debilitating allergies can be I wonder? Constant hammering on the immune system is not fun. Both my parents developed CLL as they became older [they were heavy smokers and I am not] so it is not unusual that I have many allergies. We lived here before all three of the present Amish family neighbors we have, actually. Tobacco is not just the smell [there are tons of manure spread that smell worse than tobacco].

Dee and Pedler???
Who is being cruel and nasty?
There are a lot of helicopters that fly over corn fields when the corn is high. Someone grows pot.



i`m only saying that you weak feeble people with all of your issues want the rest of the world to conform to your needs.The dude is just tryin to make a living. toughen up alittle

peddler
QUOTE(citizen-too @ Aug 15 2008, 12:45 PM)
HERE WE GO !!!

We have religion and sexual preference, we still have to get politics into it.



So what hurt the farmers more, the hail or the recent smoking ban? Unless global warming caused the hail and we caused global warming we're not on control of the forces of nature. The gods in Harrisburg are in control of smoking bans so they may be affecting the price of tobacco. Not that pml has changed her consumption, but less determined people may have.

Nativeson
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