This Life Calls to Me: Thrall Family Farm

[@davidcooper4931]

I worked on the Thrall tobacco farm in the summers for 1973 -78. Lived in the farm dorms for those summers. Still have the farm group pictures. Bunny Thrall was running the operation at that time. I am glad to see the shift away from tobacco production. D Cooper (Canada)

[@karenambrose2967]

I worked there in 1971 and lived in the dorms. I was from Florida and our high school was given the opportunity for kids to work there if they choose. I enjoyed the experience and have always loved farming. (K.Ambrose WA. St. USA)

[@bradleybrown8399]

I worked the summer of '79 when I was 15. I recall that Bunny Thrall was running things, now that you mention it. I know I have that group photo somewhere in my things. Hardest job I ever worked, and I even stayed the extra week at the end to close down the camp. They used Mexicans to hang the tobacco, and the local family was the Neidermeiers. (sp?)

[@bassiclogic]

I also worked that Tobacco farm in 1969 and Bunny was running it then. They bused 100 boys to the boys camp by three double decker Greyhound buses. I also worked at Camp Indian Head in Granby Connecticut in 67 and 68, for Culbro Tobacco company. I didn't care for O J Thrall because they told me not to fan pick and to slap pick. They thought fan picking style damaged the leaves when in fact slap did that. I had the record for amount of Bins picked in one day at Culbro/Camp Indian Head. It was 557.

[@39ctg]

imagine having a farm in your family since the original settlers almost 400 years ago... Drove by a few months ago noticed they knocked down a lot of tobacco barns. Times are changing

[@paulplatosh2738]

Didnt they sell and knock down the barns?

[@sebastianaceves1567]

In some places they did they ended up selling some land around there