I doubt a mosquito ever was run off by rag smoke, mostly just choked humans. Can still recall the stench of the burning rags some 60 years ago. Drainage projects and DDT did the most to eliminate skeeters and flys along with hot dry summers that made bumble-bee cotton, (six-inch tall stalks with one bole at the top) because it was so dry. Hard times on a farmer, no grass for hay, corn was dried out about two foot high with a cob in the husk, no corn on the cob. Hard on the animals too, just pump them water to let them fill up on before giving them what little hay and grain you had. Them were the good ole days. Anybody else believe that ? Bobby On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> wrote: > Yes, Bobby, I remember that too...and the rags soaked in kerosene, and > put in the bottom of a rin can, or old bucket...and old scraps of worn > out over-alls put on top to smother out any flames...it just > smoked...away the mosquitoes. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Bobby, We were happier then than we are now. Maybe it's just because we're older and have experienced so many things in our lives. We worked from the time we got home from school until dark and we knew better than to complain about it. In fact, I don't think I ever had anything to complain about!!! It was just our duty to help out. We helped plant, hoe, poison and pick cotton in the hot summertime. When school was going on, after working till dusk dark, and we had closed the chicken house, we did our homework by the old Aladdin lamp that was placed in the middle of the table. Those WERE the good old days!!! When we went to bed we went to sleep immediately... not like now, when we lay there for hours waiting for the sandman to come along... The only worry that I had in those days was my sister poking me in the back with her elbow... MaryClyde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby Hatfield" <bobhat2@gmail.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Chiggers... >I doubt a mosquito ever was run off by rag smoke, mostly just choked >humans. > Can still recall the stench of the burning rags some 60 years ago. > Drainage > projects and DDT did the most to eliminate skeeters and flys along with > hot > dry summers that made bumble-bee cotton, (six-inch tall stalks with one > bole > at the top) because it was so dry. Hard times on a farmer, no grass for > hay, > corn was dried out about two foot high with a cob in the husk, no corn on > the cob. Hard on the animals too, just pump them water to let them fill up > on before giving them what little hay and grain you had. Them were the > good > ole days. Anybody else believe that ? Bobby > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Stella Roper <busmar1852@webtv.net> > wrote: > >> Yes, Bobby, I remember that too...and the rags soaked in kerosene, and >> put in the bottom of a rin can, or old bucket...and old scraps of worn >> out over-alls put on top to smother out any flames...it just >> smoked...away the mosquitoes. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080531-1, 05/31/2008 > Tested on: 6/12/2008 6:42:17 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > >