[AT] History Exam, now kid memories

[Cecil Bearden]

Ralph that sorta reminds me of plowing 3 farms with a MF 50 Diesel with 
a 3 bottom 14 inch plow.  It usually took a full week if we had the help 
of a mf35 with a 2 bottom and a z moline with a 2 bottom.  The boys I 
worked with started by 7 am and we quit usually about 10:30 pm.  We 
thought we were really farming!!!

Ralph Goff wrote:
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> From: charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam, now kid memories
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>   
>> Farmer I worded that poorly.  I agree with you sentiments.  What I was
>> trying to say is that no matter how much we might want it to be different,
>> the day of the  small tobacco farmer with the a Farmall A, an Allis B or G
>> or any modern incarnation of the same is long gone.
>>     
>
> Same situation here in wheatland Charlie. I hate to admit it but small farms
> are finished as far as making a living now. The only way is if the farmer
> has an off farm job to supplement (subsidize?) the farming side of his
> operation.
> The acres I am farming now would have been considered a huge farm when I was
> a kid. My Dad farmed 2 and a half quarter sections and milked cows for years
> and it was enough to raise a family .
> I'm farming 10 quarters plus custom working another 3 myself and most years
> its close to a break even situation, if I'm careful. Economically I guess
> I'd be further ahead to rent it all out to a big farmer and just collect
> rent without all the expense it takes to raise a crop today. For me it will
> always be a way of life, not a business.
>
> It was interesting reading an article on the latest seeding technology. Seed
> Hawk has come up with an 84 foot air drill that seeds 50 acres an hour. With
> GPS and a couple of guys working shifts they seed 24 hours a day to put in
> 9000 acres of crop. I'm starting to feel like I have been in this business a
> long, long time.
> Some contrast to when I started farming with a Cockshutt 50 and a Case 12
> foot disker that would seed 40 acres in a day if everything worked in your
> favour.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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