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Index of Subjects I have a feeling you belong to the modern generation - I have heard my mother say when she was a girl eggs sold for ten cents a dozen, and if the price rose to twelve cents you had to save and sell them - they were too expensive to eat. It was better in my day, but I still remember men working ten hours a day in the mill for one dollar a day. Yes, ten cents an hour. Roland ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Alison Webster" <dwebster@glinx.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sunflower seeds > Hi All, Feb 24, 2008 > One should remember that without pesticides more food would go to the > locusts, or other crop pests, and less to humans, birds and other pets. > Off> > Lois Codling wrote: > >> Bear in mind that the sunflower fields had just been sprayed the day >> before the dead hawks were found, and the birds had eaten the dying >> locusts. This really doesn't say anything about the long-term hand I >> would rate the positive/negative ratio of pesticides > (when used as directed) at about 1000:1. > > About 60 years ago, farm help earned $0.25 an hour and eggs were $0.75 > a dozen; poor by modern standards but undreamed of wealth compared to the > dirty thirties. The past may seem pleasant when visiting a Ye Olde Farme > but going hungry is no barrel of laughs. > > Even with the exceptional productivity of modern agriculture, world > grain stocks are down to ~50 days of consumption (the lowest since the > 1970s), the price of durum wheat in the US has increased 7-fold over the > past 2 years and spring wheat is nearly $15/bushel. So as long-term supply > contracts expire we may expect food prices to increase. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.20.9/1295 - Release Date: 2/23/2008 9:35 PM > >
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