I recommend taking your snuff in association with a hard days work in general, but for me there is nothing better than getting my hands dirty and taking snuff, I think exercise probably helps sharpen the senses. I’m talking about those moments where snuff blends together the best things in life…

As a sheep farmer i find snuff goes great with my lifestyle but when i’m getting hands on drenching, vaccinating and the like then dip/chew/snus is what i use. Snuff and bending over frequently is just messy.

Tobacco is grown on farms so obviously tobacco and farm work go hand in hand

I grew up on a tobacco farm priming tobacco and getting bitten and stung by all kinds of little shit insects— as much as I love the pipe weed, I gotta say that using it was last thing on my mind on those hot assed summers— and using kerosene to clean the tar off your armpits is the the PITS… anyhow—

I worked tobacco one season during high school. I won’t forget it, it was very hard work.

I find snuffing when I am tired, be it a farm work or exercise to be more pleasant than my regular snuff. I guess my senses are sharpened then.

I believe that farm work need 100% open nostrils as the breath must be deep and strong, i wouldn’t recommend snuff at the time of hard working as the nostrils will be half-full and oxygen would be less from the body needs… prefer snus in that case

I was reading about how people get sick from working with wet tobacco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green\\_Tobacco\\_Sickness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco#Child\\_labor

If I did farm work, something I’d love to do - I would chew…

When I worked at a farm I found chewing on a cheap “Backwoods Natural” cigar pleasant.

Chewing is a perfect activity to do while doing outside labor. Doesn’t require one to pay too much mind to it. You can spit most anywhere. You get a nice pick me up. I started as a forward observer in the Corps. Nature doesn’t care about the sheer volume of spit generated, and it’s nice to do something at 0300 when you’re about to fall asleep on your feet. I can see why it was so popular amongst the agrarian types. Snuff seems to be too particular and fiddly for such things. I still occasionally miss chewing, as a fond memory more than anything. I’ll buy a pouch on a long solo trip or for backpacking occasionally. Girlfriend despises it, though, and for good reason.

Chew is great anytime so is snus, but working with your hands; I say snuff would be employed while on break. If you’re just plowing or other tractor chores; I would have a snuff box with a magnet or super glued down in reach. I never had a problem smoking while I worked. I often have a pipe just dangling a good 1/2 hour after it is done. If you can enjoy tobacco while you work great

I know that yard work could never compare to the intensive labor of working on a tobacco farm, I would say that you could use snuff as basement_shament mentioned on breaks. I personally would most likely use snus while doing outdoor labor. I know I also like to smoke cheroots and toscanos while doing yard work. Nothing says a good day of yard work like a pack of Parodis, then again you have to mindful of it being a fire hazard.

Now this is something I know well! I have been working for the last five years on an aparagus and tomatoe farm. There is nothing better than working my way down a row of asparagus and taking a pinch of a refreshing citrusy or mentholated snuff then moving to the next row. It also is good for keeping the tomato pollen from irritating my sinuses. My arms are completely green and caked with an armor like layer of pollen at the end of the day. And to me snuff is better than chew for farm work. On 100 degree days I need every bit of moisture I can manage to keep, so dip and chew cause me to get way too thirsty in the fields.

@harlequin I couldn’t agree more about needing that moisture to stay inside your body, just helps with overall well-being if you ask me.

Get a strong twist. That’s all you will ever need.

Now this is something I know well! I have been working for the last five years on an aparagus and tomatoe farm. There is nothing better than working my way down a row of asparagus and taking a pinch of a refreshing citrusy or mentholated snuff then moving to the next row. It also is good for keeping the tomato pollen from irritating my sinuses. My arms are completely green and caked with an armor like layer of pollen at the end of the day. And to me snuff is better than chew for farm work. On 100 degree days I need every bit of moisture I can manage to keep, so dip and chew cause me to get way too thirsty in the fields.

having worked picking tomatoes and squash for a few summers I know exactly what you are talking about. Hard work, farming, but really rewarding in a hard to describe way.

As this photo from last year of me looking over the 'bacca in the front yard will attest, I agree with your theory …

@The_HP‌ Do me a favor and go out there and prime a few leaves for me

I think this would not be OT for this thread - but… One of the things that hooked me on stuff last week when I did my first pinch was that the snuff I bought to try ( Sweet as a ) Peach was like an instant time machine - the scent smelled just like the old stick barns of my earliest memories … funny thing, if anyone has been in tobacco they will know what i mean - but a stick barn “in order” smells different form a bulk barn "in order : … than when I got the Railroad Mills Plain - BOOM - smelled like a bulk barn when you open the doors for the first time in June and take out last years “carry over” leaf … snuff for me so far has been a welcome trip down memory lane… Now, if I could find one that would bring back those kisses I used ot sneak form the Johnson girl when we were supposed to be sheeting and hooping …

Tobacco was traditionally used to help “keep your stomach down” if you worked a dirty job. Smoking , chew or snuff.

Tobacco was traditionally used to help “keep your stomach down” if you worked a dirty job. Smoking , chew or snuff.

It’s helping me keep my stomach down as I edit this monstrously tangled, badly-written report.