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Tobacco harvest

Gloucester farmer Tanner Hurst decided to do something a bit different this year and experiment with growing and curing tobacco. He planted a small patch of tobacco on property he leases along John Clayton Memorial Highway and last week was in the process of harvesting it and loading it into a barn for curing. At top, Hurst hangs tobacco leaves in the barn for the curing process. In photo at right, he uses a small tractor especially set up for planting seedlings (photo courtesy of Hurst)....

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