Re: Why?

Posted by Billy NY on January 05, 2019 at 08:01:23 from (74.70.73.136):

In Reply to: Why? posted by larry@stinescorner on January 05, 2019 at 04:45:50:

Larry, it makes complete sense to me, we are a lot alike in that regard. Every single year, during the spring time, I would thoroughly enjoy seeing my friend and farmer heading to the nearby fields for spring planting. Even more so when he came to prepare our fields. Furthermore, I wanted to be a part of it, and this goes deep to my earliest memories, his farming of all of our tillable land, using the larger of our 2 barns to store some of his hay, nothing but small squares in those days, 20-30 thousand bales every year.

I just wanted to be a part of it, and in contrast, I'll bet his sons had enough of this life at some point but they always were involved until he passed away. Many in this generation wanted to get away from the farm, but to me, there was just something about it, things the field work and similar. Maybe not so much the livestock part of it, but I grew up with that being a part of my life as well, it's hard work sometimes. I can remember as a kid, seeing him baling hay for us and riding with him in the cab, so many years later, I drive by one of his fields, one of the locals sons was riding with him while he baled hay just like me when I was that age. There are not all that many that had such a nice and pleasant personality, but growing up, there were several we knew, and just about only one remains, my neighbor, one house over. You will never see these kinds of people angry, it would take an awful lot and even then, something I admire because of the strength it takes to be like that naturally or not. Most died too early, but their memory will never fade.

I did not see our friend and farmer often at times over the years because I worked out of town, but I always made sure the fields that were still tillable were available to him to keep a connection going. When I returned home from that life on the road, I rekindled that relationship, we bought hay from him, bedding sawdust, and I started working for him part time, until one year I did an entire season with him, memories of which I will always cherish, and photos that are keepsakes. He was the last farming operation in this vicinity, he had a nice line of equipment and had quite an operation doing grain and hay crops. He was doing feeder calves for the income as well. Now I'm the only one in this area with tractors and equipment, which seems really odd to this day.

I now own the land, and pay the taxes. Why.... it is hard to figure, it's not the best move financially at a glance, but there is opportunity with this because of the frontage on the very busy state road. All the land is in the back and I enjoy everything that goes along with this more than most other things in life. My job is miserable work dealing with prisons, jails, holding cells etc. and just chaos between getting jobs through our shop and responding to crisis's throughout this state. It's another job I am learning to hate more than anything, it's going to make an old man out of me if things don't change. The only reason I do it is for the above. I must be crazy !!!! LOL ! My hope is that I can make it work or transition out of it. My goal is to restore this place to what it was or better, open a business on the frontage and work at something I enjoy, not something that I truly hate. I also hope to leave it like it was in its heyday or better, so someone else has a chance at the same kind of opportunity. I am thankful it would be very difficult develop for housing, that alone may keep it out of the hands of the wrong people, it is the last intact farm in the center of town, which is really like a small hamlet, now with quite a bit of development nearby. Our land is connected with other lands with owners do not want developed and that is a good thing.

In the 4 years I have been at this job, I have made the 3 partners well over $1.5 million in gross profits, every single one of my projects, well over 50 of them have made good margins. Same with my colleague, he's made them double that or more in this time. I know because I do the cost accounting on them, the numbers don't lie. What irks me, is if I can do that for them, why in heck am I not doing something on my own, I've got the proven track record and skills. I'd like to make this transition before I get much older, and I would rather enjoy doing something that would benefit the community, be able to help people or something more satisfying than being micro-managed by a company owner obsessed with us delivering their projects and counting their money for them. Maybe there is a "Why" in all this, that not many would understand.

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