Re: Another look at it all - farmers don't take it wrong

Posted by John Ne. on November 07, 2001 at 20:52:49 from (209.74.225.146):

In Reply to: Another look at it all - farmers don't take it wrong posted by David on November 07, 2001 at 17:28:26:

well David, If you consider arising at 5am to milk the cows, then do chores, so you can get to the field on a tractor with an iron seat and spend about ten hours, doing 15 acres maybe, two row equipment, then chores again, mostly with a scoop shovel and five gallon buckets, and a pitchfork, carry in some wood for the wood stove so ma can fix you supper, while you milk the cows again in the evening, whew. There was still a tremendous amount of hand labor, even after tractors arrived, back breaking hard labor, that left many men stooped and mighty old feeling before age 60. Maybe it was offset by the good food from his own garden, providing maw was a good cook. Farming did, and still does require days twelve to fifteen hours long, and if you got three acres, well, I know a guy that makes over 200k per anum off of eight acres, selling vegetables. Just do like any farm has for centuries, make the most of the land you got. John in Nebraska, 4th generation, and now ex-farmer.

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