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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:39 PM Original message |
Crop Duster Sprays Field of Corn Detasslers in Iowa |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:43 PM Original message |
spraying anti-fungals............. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. How horrific! |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Common for young teens too |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I detassled when I was 15 |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Me, too. It was a rite of passage where I grew up |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Also, a plain crop dusting crashed south of town last week, killing the pilot |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. a crop duster went done around here-northern illinois |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. And on Monday..... "Terra! Terra! Terra!" |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does the corn grow so high in Iowa that the pilot could not see them |
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Rincewind (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. crop dusters |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Umm, it grows that high everywhere corn is grown... |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. OMG |
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JacquesMolay (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. god, that's awful ... |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. One of my first jobs in NE |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. OK, what does it mean and what are the agracultural benefits of Roguing and detasseling corn? n/t |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I am not an expert, but I will give it a shot |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thanks. But if it doesn't pollinate I'd think it wouldn't form ears, at least with kernals on them |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. From Wikipedia |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Cool. as usual, wiki is our friend. thanks n/t |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Roguing is cutting errant corn plants from a bean field. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Sorry for the delayed response |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-23-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. BTW this isn't easy or fun work, it is hot and dirty |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. They were from Texas |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-22-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. That stuff is nasty. |
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