The last of the Canecutters,,,, I started cutting sugar cane by hand in 1972, to make the grade you had to cut 40 ton a day( cane grows to about 50 to 60 ton an acre) and it was hard tough work, but the money was real good. After 6 years it all came to an end , all cane was cut by machine ,and we became dinosaurs. I was young then and I did love the work and I had so much respect for the older cutters in the gang, who could still keep up with us young hotshots...