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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1638678" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I'm in the heart of Ginseng country, not nearly the hard work of Tobacco... they had a modified potato digger that would lift the roots to the surface, and then you'd pick them up, put them in totes.. wasn't too bad.. digging potatoes by hand is far heavier work.. Ginseng did take a lot of manpower, but it wasn't killer work.</p><p></p><p>I've dug an acre of carrots by hand.. washed them too.. we did get somewhat mechanized before we quit, got a digger, but there was still lots of manual handling.. between Sept 1st and Oct 15th we'd pull out 70,000 lbs, and I figure I'd handled it all between 5 and 10 times.. then there were the squash, 50,000 lbs of them, all in 70 lb totes, same with another 40K lbs of onions.. I ate 3 full meals a day and 2 hefty "snacks", working in cold water like that really takes a lot of energy</p><p></p><p>This pic was taken at the end of July 1998 when we set a canada wide all time temperature record, 42C or about 110F.. and we were out there mixing and pouring concrete.. that was some pretty hard work, lots of cider and water flowing!</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/qNWZ32Xs" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/XvvMt8rz/IMG-0005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Squash curing in the greenhouses</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/PLZVzN2B" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/KYsXbMLv/IMG-0006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>that poor car!</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/7GksBDRb" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/85F2zzBd/IMG-0028.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/N2GNcDBc" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/fym1YqPJ/IMG-0040.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/qgpDyJn5" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/v8nRRDmb/IMG-0054.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our work was still easy compared to the folks who founded this farm.. $.50 for 100 lbs of dried beans, shelled and cleaned</p><p>Squaring timbers by hand, cutting hay with a scythe... </p><p></p><p>Now you know where the saying comes from "Ain't worth a hill of beans"</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/2bGw2WvX" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Bb9VZcvs/Mc-Phee-Beans-filtered.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/WtpSt9cR" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/gc87S5M0/Mc-Phee-Cutting-hay-filtered.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>About as mechanized as they got, raking hay</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/zVVjFVf0" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/65hmwZxJ/Mc-Phee-Raking-Hay.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Mining gold for some extra money</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/RNyTs469" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/T3YHPPTy/Mc-Phee-Smith-Mining-filtered.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Squaring timber</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/4YcQjqVc" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/T37N5XPt/Mc-Phee-Squaring-Timber.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Threshing beans</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/MnnFH9RZ" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/NjDqNVjX/Mc-Phee-Threshing-Beans-filtered.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1638678, member: 9096"] I'm in the heart of Ginseng country, not nearly the hard work of Tobacco... they had a modified potato digger that would lift the roots to the surface, and then you'd pick them up, put them in totes.. wasn't too bad.. digging potatoes by hand is far heavier work.. Ginseng did take a lot of manpower, but it wasn't killer work. I've dug an acre of carrots by hand.. washed them too.. we did get somewhat mechanized before we quit, got a digger, but there was still lots of manual handling.. between Sept 1st and Oct 15th we'd pull out 70,000 lbs, and I figure I'd handled it all between 5 and 10 times.. then there were the squash, 50,000 lbs of them, all in 70 lb totes, same with another 40K lbs of onions.. I ate 3 full meals a day and 2 hefty "snacks", working in cold water like that really takes a lot of energy This pic was taken at the end of July 1998 when we set a canada wide all time temperature record, 42C or about 110F.. and we were out there mixing and pouring concrete.. that was some pretty hard work, lots of cider and water flowing! [url=https://postimg.cc/qNWZ32Xs][img]https://i.postimg.cc/XvvMt8rz/IMG-0005.jpg[/img][/url] Squash curing in the greenhouses [url=https://postimg.cc/PLZVzN2B][img]https://i.postimg.cc/KYsXbMLv/IMG-0006.jpg[/img][/url] that poor car! [url=https://postimg.cc/7GksBDRb][img]https://i.postimg.cc/85F2zzBd/IMG-0028.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/N2GNcDBc][img]https://i.postimg.cc/fym1YqPJ/IMG-0040.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/qgpDyJn5][img]https://i.postimg.cc/v8nRRDmb/IMG-0054.jpg[/img][/url] Our work was still easy compared to the folks who founded this farm.. $.50 for 100 lbs of dried beans, shelled and cleaned Squaring timbers by hand, cutting hay with a scythe... Now you know where the saying comes from "Ain't worth a hill of beans" [url=https://postimg.cc/2bGw2WvX][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Bb9VZcvs/Mc-Phee-Beans-filtered.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/WtpSt9cR][img]https://i.postimg.cc/gc87S5M0/Mc-Phee-Cutting-hay-filtered.jpg[/img][/url] About as mechanized as they got, raking hay [url=https://postimg.cc/zVVjFVf0][img]https://i.postimg.cc/65hmwZxJ/Mc-Phee-Raking-Hay.jpg[/img][/url] Mining gold for some extra money [url=https://postimg.cc/RNyTs469][img]https://i.postimg.cc/T3YHPPTy/Mc-Phee-Smith-Mining-filtered.jpg[/img][/url] Squaring timber [url=https://postimg.cc/4YcQjqVc][img]https://i.postimg.cc/T37N5XPt/Mc-Phee-Squaring-Timber.jpg[/img][/url] Threshing beans [url=https://postimg.cc/MnnFH9RZ][img]https://i.postimg.cc/NjDqNVjX/Mc-Phee-Threshing-Beans-filtered.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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