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Originally Posted by Bugeater
I have no idea what that consists of, but detasseling was the worst job I ever had. You'd be standing in a bucket on a machine out in the hot sun bending over pulling tassels out of corn as fast as you mother****ing can (which usually wasn't fast enough) ALL DAY LONG. And supposedly it was easier with the machines, I didn't stick around long enough to find out what it was like without them.
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Housing is hanging to tobacco plants in a barn to dry. They cut them, and put 8 or 10 on a big wooden stake, and pass them up into the top of the barn, to be hung to dry. It's like a billion degrees up there. (or it seemed like it.)
I've heard stripping is even worse (not that kind), but I never did that.
BTW, if you've never seen a tobacco worm, you're missing out on one of God's nastiest creatures. I saw a dude bite the head off one once...