[NatureNS] Sunflower seeds

From: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:57:04 -0400
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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

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From: "David & Alison Webster" <dwebster@glinx.com>
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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
>
>
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