Excited About the Possibilities
THEY TRIED TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY
THEY WANTED TO OUT PERFORM EACH NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS
THEY SOUGHT REMEDY USING MACHINES, ROBOTS, HOVERCRAFTS
AND EVEN A TRACTOR THAT CARRIED A STAGE.
THE MAN WAS MADDENED BY HIS FAILURE TO DO
THE WORKS HIS WIFE HAD ACCEPTED OF HIM
SHE WOULD DIVORCE HIM
IF HE COULDN'T OUT PERFORM HER COMPETON
HE TOOK THE CHALLENGE AND MEET IT, NOT ONLY
TO DEFEAT HIS FOE, BUT TO BRING A CLEAR AND DISTINCTIVE LINE
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.
THEY GREW TOMATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES
AND WEATHER OFTEN PLAYED A FACTOR IN THEIR HOW
MUCH THEY COULD HARVEST AND WHEN.
HIS APPROACH WAS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO DO MORE WORK
WITH LESS EFFORT.
HE INVENTED A STAGE WHERE PEOPLE WHO SEAT AND A TRACTOR WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE FIELDS, WHILE THE SITTERS PICKED VEGETABLES.
ANOTHER CONTRAPTION WAS A HOVERCRAFT THAT CARRIED TENSEATS AND LARGE BASKETS, A PILOT WOULD OPERATE THE CRAFT WHILE THE WORKERS PERFORMED PICKING DUTIES.
THE OTHERS WERE ROBOTS THAT WOULD TAKE THE WHOLE TOMATO PLANT FROM THE GROUND AND SOUGHT GREEN AND RIPENED TOMATOES.
HE PREFERRED PICKING GREEN TOMATOES.
THE OTHER WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF PLANTING, AND HARVESTING
THEY SPACED THE PLANTS ROWS SO THAT A LARGE TRACTOR WOULD STRADDLE THEM.
THEY HAD A LARGE SCREENED AREA WERE THE WORKERS WALKED BACK AND FORTH, PICKING THROUGH THE SCREEN AND THE SLOW MOVING TRACTOR WOULD MOVE ABOUT TAKING IT'S TIME. THIS WAS A UNIQUE WAY OF PICKING TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, PUMPKINS,SQUASH AND A LOT OF PLANTS.
THEY WANTED TO WIN. AND THESE IDEAS PROVENED HIM SUCCESSFUL. THEY WERE STOPPED WHEN A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY CLAIMED, THAT THE IDEAS HAD BEEN SWIPED BY THE HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2019
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