On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:47:14 +0100, Martin wrote:
>On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:33:08 +0000, Keith Anderson wrote:
>
>>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!
>
>It was something the EU didn't want to know about.
Interesting - anything in books or on the Internet about this? I
visited the DDR and have a reasonable range of books in English and
German about it (pet subject of mine) but little about agriculture
there.
Any chance of some sources/links?
Thanks.
Keith, Bristol, UK |