[AT] Sad!

[Len Rugen]

My roots run back to the 1830's in this area, but most of the land changed hands during the depression.  There is family land adjoining what I own, they bought what they farmed during the 1930's after others had bought the better land they lost.   "Gooch's Mill" was the community, named after the family that started a water powered mill there during pioneer days.  He was my 5x grand father.  

I just wish I had my grandfathers (both sides) Jumbo steam engines, the family Duesenberg and from a vague description, what may have been a Fordson F.  There is an fuzzy and undated picture of the farm in it's prime, I'm guessing the 1920's, with a biplane in the field in front of the house.  One granddad died before I was born, but the other one sure enjoyed passing his stories along.  


 
Len Rugen

rugenl at yahoo.com - May also be used when responding as rugenl at prairiehome.k12.mo.us






On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 9:10 PM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
 
There was a  large fruit farm/orchard in this state that had been passed 
down from Indian territory days.    I was told that in order to buy out 
the sisters and brothers-in-law that did not want to continue the fruit 
farm and just wanted their share of the land that was overvalued for 
hunting and development, the land was used as collateral.  The original 
mode of operation was   selling fruit by the bushel.  Lat er when 
pickers were not available, they tried U-pick.  A large process plant 
moved into town to use the fruit and make frozen pies.   The process 
plant was bought out and outsourced outside the US and is now for sale.  
The fruit orchards are now gone and the new owner is a large cattle 
rancher and the local banker who had the note....

That is how it happens.  Greedy family members.

Cecil in OKla



On 11/5/2013 6:39 PM, David Bruce wrote:
> It is easy to blame others like the government and "big business" (and
> possibly all true) but in the end it is up to the owner/farmer to guide
> the ship through troubled waters.
>
> Years ago I had a boss who had a motto "If it is to be it is up to me".
>    I try to take that to heart every day.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 11/5/2013 7:00 PM, Chuck Saunders wrote:
>> selling at a loss and trying to make it up on volume
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Mike<meulenms at gmx.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> How the heck do you have debt on a farm that's been in the family since
>>> 1632? Mike M
>>>
>>> On 11/5/2013 6:17 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>>> See:
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/05/after-380-plus-years-new-hampshire-family-sells-farm/
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