[Congressman Billybob]

I was using the highest point on the Eastern Continental Divide, on the spine of the Great Smokies, as my reference point. My home is located on that Divide. The rain on one side of the roof flows to the Atlantic, via the Chatooga and Savanah Rivers. From the other side, it flows to the Gulf of Mexico, via the Little Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers.

John / Billybob

[Howie]

When I was a boy the southern cotton farmers were in a crisis of over production. The feds stepped in and put limits on the acreage allowed per farmer.

A few in my neighborhood discovered soybeans. They were much easier to grow, requiring little labor. I suppose by now they are over-produced too.

It's too bad someone can't "discover" a new crop that is suited to small plots/farmers. Of course if someone discovers a NEED for tobacco other than snorting/smoking it that will solve most of the problem.