Posted by Gary Mitchell on March 06, 2023 at 08:20:00 from (67.6.41.3):
The current Survey Says options struck me as being awfully limited when I thought back to what my grandparents spoke of doing 100 or so years ago. They for sure raised hogs, grandad enjoyed doing that his whole life. They also always milked at least a few head before evolving into being a dairy farm. They managed to raise eggs for a local hatchery as well. No sheep or ducks but they did feed out the calves they didn't keep to improve the dairy herd with. They raised their own feed on the homeplace and a couple of other small places they sharecropped. They sold a little grain for a cash crop and were big gardeners with a few fruit trees, grape vines, and berry bushes. Naturally they had their own meat. They weren't unusual. 100 years ago, perhaps half the people in this country lived this way. I think very few farm people stuck to just one or two of those options. gm
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