Posted by DB4600 on December 21, 2018 at 13:04:37 from (174.219.144.167):
In Reply to: Re: Traditonal Farmer posted by Traditional Farmer on December 21, 2018 at 12:09:50:
A very good read. Growing up the youngest of 8 on a 36 cow dairy in the gravel hills of central Mn. A lot of what he reflected on struck home with me. Pa quit Smithing in town and bought the farm in ‘58. His ability to fix and make do also allowed him to improve and update. The farm was 248 acres of half crop and half pasture as the hills fell off to the meadow with a mile off lakeshore. The faces and names of the herd are still remembered along with a small herd of pigs we used to give basket balls to and watch them team up in their games. The barn got a parlor, a new crib, new granary, new silo (took down the wooden one), new barn roof, house updates and an ever improving line of machinery. All that and 8 kids manning the fork handles. The farm was paid off in ‘81 and looking back now I think the smile on his face told the tale of things to come. He was president of the creamery when it closed and went to Mid-Am. The town was changing in those ways described in the article with feedmills, implement shops, and hardware stores all feeling the pinch. We farmed dairy until ‘87 when I graduated and Ma and Pa were retirement age. They kept on with some beef and crops until Pa’s death in ‘94 the whole time being steward of the land. That farm is still a pastured beef farm because of the rolling land, but the neighborhood is vastly changed with herds gone and missing fence lines giving way to crop acres. The pasture woods are dotted with new houses and the changing face of rural America.
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