What a brute way of harvesting berries.... Research shows that yes the berries are "less damaged" when collected by this method...but you also loose a lot more berries due to it indiscriminately collecting ripe and unripe berries. You get like a weird 60/40 ratio. So you actually loose profit. So you need like 20%ish more berry bushes. So conventional method is STILL far better.
В СССРЕ БЫЛО ТАКИХ ТРАКТОРОВ В ДОН ДО 40 ТОН СПАКОЙНО СОБРАЛ 2 ВЫДА БЫ ТАКИХ ТРАКТОРОВ БЫЛ В ГРЯТКИ 60 САНТИМЕРТОВЫЙ ЭТО КОМБАЙН 4 ГРЯТКУ СОБИРАЛ В РАЗ И ДРУГОЙ КОМБАЙН 2 ГРАЯТКУ В ШРИНУ 90 САНТИИМЕТРОВ У МОЕГО ДЯДЯ БЫЛО 4 ГРЯТКОВ
We grew flu cured tobacco here in East Central Georgia until the early 80s but everything was so different then. 30 acres was considered to be a large allotment and most of the work was done by hand. The tobacco was cropped (picked) in stages, starting at the bottom of the plant and working up, lasting 4 to 5 weeks in July and August.
