To: jerod
But they could drag things around ... most likely by hooking up their women and children to do the dragging ...
the chinese were still doing that when i visited in 1981: i saw women pulling wooden plows for farmers too poor to own an “iron mule”, a multi-purpose single-cylinder, single-axle contrivance ...
22 posted on
03/01/2025 11:50:31 AM PST by
catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: catnipman
I worked in China Fall '76 to Spring '77 in a fertilizer plant being built in Shuifu village in Yunnan Province on the Yangtze River. When I arrived, there were men hauling barges up the river using towlines. I couldn't believe my eyes.
They built an enormous dam there and now river navigation is all with modern freighters. I don't recognize the place in the photos!
Shuifu, Yunnan, China
35 posted on
03/01/2025 1:33:37 PM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole)
To: catnipman
...a multi-purpose single-cylinder, single-axle contrivance... Those look like giant rotor-tillers with a power take-off. Very versatile.
38 posted on
03/01/2025 2:09:05 PM PST by
GingisK
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