[P1] truth in advertising...still OT

[Gary D. Adams]

Jack:

	That's intersting. I know they burn the fields in Cuba, too, but the 
cane there is cut about six inches above the ground and only replanted 
when it gets too old. I had a great-uncle years ago in Ocala who grew 
cane and had a mill, but I think the weather has changed sufficiently 
(and the economics) too preclude growing it anywhere north of 
Okeechobee. I've never spent much time south of Orlando. I went to 
Hollywood once with my dad when I was a kid and spent a couple of days 
in Palm Beach with a friend. The sugar lobby is probably one of the 
most-powerful in Florida.

Gary


Jack Rodgers wrote:
>> 
> The growing of cane is quite organized. A great portion of the 
> Everglades has been converted to cane farms. The process involves 
> staggering the planting of the cane so that there is a constant supply 
> for the mills. You could visualize this as the fields being planted in 
> the months of a clock and the 1 oclock fields are harvested in January, etc.
> 
> The cane is removed completely and the fields are replanted. You can 
> drive down Highway 27 and see large fires of in the distance. I joke 
> with myself and say the fires are bigger on the weekend when the 
> pollution people are off for the weekend. Sometimes the air is quite 
> thick with smoke.
> 
> I stayed in Clewiston one weekend, The Sweetest City on Earth, and got a 
> few nice shots of the smoke stacks puffing away. Large chunks of ash 
> fell on my car. People's noses are stuffed from the smoke...
>