Cigar Squabs

webmost
webmost Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,131
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.

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  • Rhamlin
    Rhamlin Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,530
    Pigeon farmers? People still keep pigeons?
  • xmacro
    xmacro Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,402
    Well, they say any day you learn something new is a good day, so I guess this is a good day for me