Bethany, MO | AgJudge - 12/24/2012 14:13 ( see potato famine ) Merry Christmas from the North ! AJ
Interesting reading.
One historian calculated that between 1801 and 1845, there had been 114 commissions and 61 special committees enquiring into the state of Ireland and that "without exception their findings prophesied disaster; Ireland was on the verge of starvation, her population rapidly increasing, three-quarters of her labourers unemployed, housing conditions appalling and the standard of living unbelievably low."
Pre Chicago! Maybe it wasn't ALL ag monoculture! |
Got back from chores and this was in my shed:
