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(thezimbabwean.co.uk) ... Mugauri and other hopeful tobacco growers mistakenly thought growing the golden leaf was all about producing a good crop. It never crossed their minds that firewood, coal or electricity would be needed to cure the harvested crop. Tobacco quality is a result of curing expertise which requires standard leaf drying logistics. He narrated his sad story to The Zimbabwean: Continued
Photo: Ten year old son of tobacco tenant tends the fire which is curing the tobacco in the barn, 1939 (Dorothea Lange/FSA/Library of Congress).
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