First time I baled hay I was the outsider looking in. We had just moved from the burbs in NJ to rural MN. It was hot, dirty work back then and it still is today. My second year in MN I baled for the guy who would become my sisters FIL. Was the only work available for a high school aged boy in the area. Most of the guys wouldn't do it then in 1971/72. Most of the local farmers didn't hire help with hay. They just worked their kids right off the farm. My last year of high school in 72/73 most of the male farm kids I knew had no intention of staying on the farm. Only a handful did. I know kids today who are forced to have a job by their parents and complain about it to no end. That's like stocking shelves in a store or running a register in AC. They seem to think that their parents owe them a smart phone, new car, insurance, gas and play money. Ask them if they want to do any type of farm work and they will cuss you or laugh at you. Too many hours if hired just to operate a tractor and too hard of work for anything else. Part of the problem is the school systems. It started before I went to school. Teachers telling students that they didn't want to be a laborer and convincing them that they wanted to all be doctors, lawyers or the president. I remember teachers chastising students with "if you don't do better you will only be a garbage man". Construction workers, factory workers, plumbers and farmers were all people too dumb to do anything else.
One kid got a job at a convenience store. The complained about the number of hours he had to work. He quit right after school let out and took a job on a farm to keep from his parents making him go to college. Everyone was laughing at him, taking bets on how long he would last. He's doing well, starting to gain the reputation of being a hard worker and loves the job. Go figure!
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