Re: I was wondering.

Posted by KEB In GCMS on August 25, 2016 at 14:22:41 from (12.15.178.170):

In Reply to: I was wondering. posted by mb58 on August 25, 2016 at 10:06:13:

I grew up on a farm, there were registered Angus herd, registered Appaloosa horses, sheep, goats, chickens, and always had soybeans or corn planted. My Grandfather also combined clover and Bahia grass to sell. Also had a 30 acre pond that was used to raise catfish for market. I was always good with tearing things apart so from the time I was a teenager, I was the mechanic. I had to keep the equipment running, wanted to stay and farm, but daddy had other plans and I went to college and got an engineering degree. Now my grandfather had an agricultural degree as does my dad. Dad went back and got an education degree and was a teacher and principal for 35 years. But it got where my grandfather couldn't do it all so the cows were sold, horses sold and a hurricane took out the chicken houses and they were never rebuilt. I now work 4 days a week at my job and use the other three to play farming. Only have 9 cows and about 30 chickens and bale hay mostly. I do plant a pretty good size garden with my dad now that he is retired. My oldest son is Autistic so he rarely gets outside except to go swimming. My oldest daughter has informed me that she is an artist and is not interested in what I do outside. But my youngest two especially my baby boy is usually right with me while I am doing things outside, also my nephew that does not have a dad around. So there is some hope that one of them will pick up some of the what I am trying to teach them and keep up what is left of the farm.

My oldest cousin inherited all of my grandfathers land and he does nothing with it. Rents out the fields to BTO's and uses the lake to ride jet skis around in. But life on the farm is quickly dying away in my part of the country.

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