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Folks,  I really hope we have no Mexicans on our list that can read the 
comments about their hygeine.

 "Who of you is without having gone in the orchard, let them say the first 
slur!"


Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: [NAFEX] Sanitation


> Murph said, "Take a look at a field of any vegetable, being picked by 
> Mexicans.
> Look at the Mexicans.
> Now, look around for a toilet.
> There it is, 2500' away."
>
>    After California banned the use of short hoes...............For those 
> of you who are not familiar with the subject, the weeds in vegetable 
> fields are often (usually?) removed by hand, with a hoe.  When using a 
> long hoe, it is easy to slip and cut off the vegetable plant along with 
> the weed.  So growers cut most of the handle off the hoes thereby forcing 
> the person wielding the hoe to stoop down close to his work thereby 
> cutting off fewer plants.
>    Anyway, after California banned the use of short hoes, I began to see 
> berms along side of fields where I hadn't seen berms before.  Curious, I 
> climbed a few only to observe that the use of short hoes was still being 
> practiced.  Oh yes, and by the way, no toilets.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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