When I was young, it was still possible to scratch out a living in my area with a 100-125 acre hill farm. Yes, it was probably necessary to raise tobacco (unless the wife was a school teacher) as well as milk at least a few cows and raise the corn and hay needed for the cows. Many such farmers in my area supplemented their income by operating a school bus (which they owned and maintained) in order to pay the mortgage on the farm. Many, many small farms in my area were paid for by the cash income from a school bus contract.
Changes in federal regulations since the FDR administration (I'll avoid the pros and cons of such regulations, herein.) resulted in the failure of small 100 acre tobacco/dairy farms once so common in my area, even if the the owner had paid off the mortgage and still got up at 4:00 to put the chains on the school bus (In those days, they did not close school for a forecast or even 4" of snow.) before milking the cows.
For better or worse, it's the world in which we live.
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Today's Featured Article - Chores - by Frank Young. The ceaseless passing of time! It is at once our friend and our enemy. It measures our progress and it makes us old. Like most features of our life, few things are all good or all bad, and most such judgments depend on our own perspective or viewpoint. In our particular hobby, we enjoy the nostalgic return to the days of our youth as we recreate many of the scenes that took place on the family farm that served as the stage for the first few acts of the play that is our live
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