Times They Have Changed!!

I went to Rough River this morning, going from Radcliff, along Hwy 144, to US 60, and picked up KY259 at Harnid. About half way from Harnid to Rough I saw something that was very unusual these days.

It was a field full of TOBACCO PLANTS!!

I don't know why it caught my eye but I remembered that when I got my first boat in 1985 and would drive the same route to Rough, most the fields along that route were tobacco plants. Now where there used to be tobacco plants are corn, hay, wheat, and soybean fields.

Just a comment but the Times, they have changed.

Grumpy

hadn't even thought about it, but I haven't even seen a tobacco plant yet this year. and 20 yrs ago I used to work for everybody in it.

Still a bunch of Bacca fields here in Oldham County.

I smoke cigars does anyone grow thier own tobacco to roll for stogies? My uncle used to drive down to I think somewhere in Hardin county years ago for home made plug. Good man he made a lot of friends down there somewhere... I would try a hand rolled from ky

[QUOTE=stratosjoe;373782]I smoke cigars does anyone grow thier own tobacco to roll for stogies? My uncle used to drive down to I think somewhere in Hardin county years ago for home made plug. Good man he made a lot of friends down there somewhere... I would try a hand rolled from ky[/QUOTE]
i was back home yesterday in whitley county and i seen a patch or two of tobacco... but it isnt as popular as it used to be... i was talkin to one of my buddies who his family had a tobacco base and a few years ago the government started paying them not to grow it... i dunno if the govt still does this or not...