I grew up on a small dairy farm-I was born in '56-and remember it well. The farm was about 40 acres and we had around 20 milk cows. My Dad and Uncle farmed together until about '63 or '64, then it was just my Dad and 8 yr old me. We had a small dairy store on the end of our house and sold milk, eggs, bread, and soft drinks, and ice cream. We did some outside work, baling hay, plowing gardens, bush hoging, seeding and finishing up yards on new homes in the surrounding growing suburbia. Sold firewood too. But we had good buildings, all paved driveways, and made a living. On basically 40 acres. To my knowledge no money was ever borrowed to farm with. Later in '71 Dad was forced(by eminent domain law) to switch to beef cattle, which he sold direct to the consumer. Was it easier? NO, Dad did a lot of HARD physical work, had constant back aches, 2 hernias, and wore out his knees. But I still miss it. Mark.
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