50 years ago, wheat wasn’t 6 feet tall. Highest was 2 feet. I drove a combine. Extra stalk was just a waste. Contributed nothing to the quality of the wheat.
“50 years ago, wheat wasn’t 6 feet tall. Highest was 2 feet. I drove a combine. Extra stalk was just a waste. Contributed nothing to the quality of the wheat.”
I guess you can say what you want, but if you don’t mind, I’ll believe what I read from people that POST THEIR NAMES when discussing the subject. There’s plenty out there.
“Borlaug introduced several revolutionary innovations...he crafted so-called dwarf wheat varieties, which were smaller than the old shoulder-high varieties that bent in the wind and touched the ground (thereby becoming unharvestable); the new waist or knee-high dwarfs stayed erect and held up huge loads of grain. The yields were boosted even further.”
...and I guess this guy never existed either. Don’t think you know everything about farming 50 years ago because you drove a tractor for a summer.