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Posted by scruffy on February 02, 2005 at 18:02:32 from (64.228.102.11):
In Reply to: Speaking of Herbicides, Pesticides and other Kille posted by Allan in NE on February 02, 2005 at 09:11:40:
Seems to me that the only ones making good on the use of chemicals are the makers and peddlers. We still get less for a ton of grain than we did in the depression and we could pay for a new W6 with the earnings from 10 acres of rye in '45. How long would it take you to pay for a 40 hp. tractor today? How many acres? Has the promises and myths of higher yields really paid off? I think we could do much better farming 100 acres well and making a profit than a thousand and only being able to talk about the gross because the profits were only made by Monsanto. I am still paying my taxes and the raisin' the family mainly with the fruits of 8 hp. tractors. (but I am weird).
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