On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:01:26 +0100, Martin wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:30:11 +0100, Tim C. wrote:
>
>>Following up to barney2@cix.compulink.co.uk :
>>
>>> The land looked somehow different, too
>>>- maybe agricultural methods were not the same, or maybe the east and west
>>>emphasised different crops. I don't know.
>>
>>Larger fields in the East.
>
>They were ones in the former GDR were collectivised, resulting in some of the
>most efficiently farmed land in Europe, but nobody mentions that.
And they even shoved a picture of combine harvesters on the back of
their 5 Mark banknote!
Keith, Bristol, UK |
