Re: let me rant

Posted by john in la on December 24, 2004 at 10:15:48 from (67.35.236.22):

In Reply to: let me rant posted by old on December 23, 2004 at 21:32:41:

Well Old I do not mean to offend you or any one else but you need to look at it from your teachers point of view.

While a teacher should NEVER discourage any one from following their dreams he was most likely speaking the cold hard truth.

To me a farmer is one that makes a living at farming or at least a very big portion of his living. A person that lives on a small farm is a hobbyist. It would compare to some one that does woodworking in his garage for personal use or friends. He is no more a cabinet maker than some one that part times farms is a farmer.

What your teacher was telling you is it is a VERY hard life as a true farmer and most go under now a days. I went threw this same decision 25 years ago when I got out of school. Should I follow my family roots and milk 125 cows a day or raise 2 cows for my personal use. With things the way they are today it is getting where the family farm is a thing of the past or fast becoming that. Yes there are those that hold on but for the most part farming is for the mega big owners that do not even know how to drive a tractor.

To put it into a better prospective I have a son that asked about farming a few years ago when milk prices started to rise. I told him the same thing your teacher was most likely trying to get across to you.

Family farming is a great life. You can instill more family values into your children and work together. You can live the slower pace of life that comes with farming.

But on the other hand it is a very hard life and one mistake or a bad year and you are then watching every thing you own being sold at a farm sale. You will need to go in debt to the tune of $1M for the rest of your life and if you make it you die a rich man.

While I wish he could become a farmer I am glad he got his education so he can work for some one else and have days off/vacation/sick leave/ect so that he can enjoy his off time raising cows; planting a garden; and general hobby farming.

I am glad you have achieved the things in life that now allow you to do what makes you happy.
Merry Christmas
John

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