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If you had it to do over OR when you retire
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Posted by marvin on June 26, 2000 at 17:14:20 from (134.134.248.21):
My brother just retired at age 52 from working at the asphalt paving company and went off to run a small 20 acre farm. Has some cattle, goats, apple trees and alfalfa. He puts up about 2000 bales a year between his property and all of the neighbors. I sometimes think I would not mind retiring and do some farming if there was any money to make or break even on a small farm. When I was young, dad offered the 50 acre farm, but I turned it down since it was too small and too far from a decent job. Kind of wish I had the farm now. (60 miles away) SOOO are the rest of you going to put that tractor to work farming when you retire or are you just going to mow the lawn with it? Are you going to go put in the neighbors harvest with the tractor and combine or just take them to shows?
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