Cigar Squabs

webmost
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One fascinating tidbit I picked up yesterday when I visited the 150 year old FX Smith cigar factory in McSherrystown PA is that Smith sells the center ribs which his mechanical stripper removes from each leaf to pigeon farmers. The pigeons use them for nesting materials.

Cigar squabs.

“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)

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  • Rhamlin
    Rhamlin Posts: 9,141 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pigeon farmers? People still keep pigeons?
  • xmacro
    xmacro Posts: 3,398 ✭✭
    Well, they say any day you learn something new is a good day, so I guess this is a good day for me

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