U.S. Wheat Farmers Face Grim Harvests as Immigration Bill Dies

Yahoo News ^ | Tue Jul 3, 12:11 AM ET | Alan Bjerga Tue Jul 3, 12:11 AM ET

[Cracker Jack]

When I was 16 I worked the wheat harvest in the Texas panhandle. I ran a combine 18 hrs/day. Had to grease it every morning before getting started. I don’t remember for sure but I think I was paid $1.50/ hr. This was in 1959.

I don't know who is running the combines now, but in those days, college students considered working the wheat harvest to be a good summer job. Given the chance, I believe that would still be true. Imagine--Americans doing the job illegals shouldn't do.

[Reeses]

U.S. Wheat Farmers Face Grim Harvests as Immigration Bill Dies

There was probably a headline once that read U.S. Cotten Farmers Face Grim Harvests as Slavery Ends. The farmers were then forced to use mechanical harvesting. Through the mother of invention and the application of technology their productivity went up and the price of cotton went down.

There were some ambitious internet projects to put very old daily newspapers online. I wonder what happened? The cost of the intellectual property is nothing. I bet it turned out the old newspapers were too politically incorrect for today's standards, and have been effectively banned by leftist political forces. It's too bad, history repeats itself over and over.