My father also "pinched pennies" which caused us countless in-season delays and stress. Mother claimed both he and his father managed using the same philosophy: "if you don't spend much money than you don't have to make as much". Works to a certain extent but can result in a miserable existance. Major problem was that neither were mechanics. Grandfather clung to horses and when tractors arrived he had enough resources to hire things repaired. Consequently Dad never had to work on mechanical stuff. Fine for my relatively wealthy grandfather, but doesn't work very well when the money didn't pass down hill. So rather than pay for preventive maintenance, we typically patched stuff together with bailing wire and suffered the consequences. Later my brother went to a mechanics school and became a good mechanic, but when working on home projects continued to follow the don't spend much philosophy. No doubt he improved the farm's profitability but stress level was still too high. In contrast he believes I spend money too wildly. My approach was to continue my education and thereby get a good paying job. This has allowed me to afford some "extravagance" which although might lower farm's profit, certainly contributes to a lot less stress and enhances the farming experience.
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