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The Red, John Fritz wrote on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 (PST):
  • Dale I swear you are standing next to me telling this story. The demise of small Indiana farms will come back to haunt us all. Every time I see a small farmhouse or barn torn down, it strikes a nerve and I really don't know why.
    Richard (KS) wrote on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 (PST):
  • What a wonderful story. My wife's uncle still lives on the 80-acre farmstead that his parents farmed and on which he and my late father-in-law were raised. It's just as Dale describes, hand-built barns and sheds that are now falling down and lots of old "stuff" (I hate to use the word "junk") around from the old days. They had about a dozen Guernsey cows and sold the cream at the local coop and fed the milk to the pigs. They never had much money but they managed to raise two children and put one through college. When I was a kid in the mid-70's my dad and another guy bought a quarter section from an older couple, same story in that their parents had homesteaded it. Everything was still in good shape (buildings etc.) but they pushed it all down so they could flood-irrigate the quarter. Seems a shame now.
    Jim Handy wrote on Tuesday, February 01, 2000 (PST):
  • It is my opinion and has been for a lot of years that the demise of the 160 acre family farm was the beginning of the end to a a great american way of life. Think of all the families and kids that no longer have the opportunity to experience growing up on a farm with all that used to entail - hard work, knowledge of animals, knowing exactly where things came from, teamwork etc, etc...
    Dave in Mo wrote on Wednesday, February 02, 2000 (PST):
  • Really enjoyed these little articles. It is always good to look back to look back and see where you've been so you can tell if you're on course. It's easy to glamorize the good old days but we seldom want to take all of it that came with it...like 2 world wars much lower life expectancy etc and let us not forget that life was certainly slower ie (boring). I don't think the family farm is the only one taking a hit. The family corner grocery store in the city is history too. I do,however, enjoy that Alan Jackson song, The Little Man....
    mike wrote on Monday, February 07, 2000 (PST):
  • Occasionaly I look at friends who have been much more successful than I have been. Not that they are any smarter or work harder than I do; just they chose a different path.Yet at the end of the month when my bills are all paid, I have a little to start next month with and 90% of the time I like who I am and where I am I wonder who is the successful one?
    Raymond Talley wrote on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 (PST):
  • I grew up in Mid America, lived in a small town, and visited freinds and family who lived in the "Country". I have since gone to college, married, and have a career. But a year ago I moved back to the good ole south west, bought a tractor, 12 acres, built a house, and want to make life simple. I still have a career, but want to work the land I do have and make some good of it all. A few cows, a barn, lots of fence(for me), my Super A, blades, plows, a garden, and fruit trees. Not an 80 acre homestead, but my son will grow to know how to use a tractor, to brush hog, work a cow or two, plow a graden, and how to work hard. Someday someone may want to buy up my place, but the way I see it, it's my little slice of the good ole life.....
    MJD wrote on Friday, February 25, 2000 (PST):
  • Yes.....is that progress ? To be getting bigger and more careless, and not enjoying life as we should? Big mergers are happening all over. If big bosses and big farmers could cram more work out of us in 24 hours, they would do that! If some had the power to make the sun shine in a day more than it does, they would do that! That is what is scary. More and more people trying to take advantage of others. When all is said and done, our life on this earth is going to be questions............. who cares for what we did? who cares for what we meant? who cares for us? who loves us? Are we aware of this......are we being considerate of others........are we living lives in a meaningful way ? Family and values SHOULD be first !!
    harold wrote on Tuesday, February 29, 2000 (PST):
  • very, very touching story. makes you wonder
    Steve Mason wrote on Wednesday, May 15, 2002 (PDT):
  • awesome - the emotions this article evokes are intense.
    Don wrote on Sunday, November 09, 2003 (PST):
  • We can`t bring back the pony express, as long as we use our God given ability to think there will be change. Sorrow looks around, worry looks back, and faith looks up.
    Barbara Johnson wrote on Friday, July 06, 2007 (PDT):
  • I read the story about the man and his 840 acres. He was woandering if he had made the right coice in the 1940 s to become a farmer. Yes he could have been a mechanic. He could have been a doctor. But I saw through his eyes as he walked the old farm and genuiness of character. Each thing that of which his eyes caught a glimpse - also had a memory. In our society we walk and talk too fast for the good things to soak in. My guess is that he soaked up a lot of living. One of my favorite quotes is You can t be where you are unless you have been where you ve been . The insight you brought by your story touched a chord in my heart. May your memories of those years draw nearer and nearer and your question be answered within yourself.

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