When and where I grew up is right here in the '50's, in northern Maryland. Dad had returned from WWII, and settled down here. He was raised in a town about 15 miles from here, and had married my mother a few months before the war started. When he returned, he eventually started working for the government, and was living with my G-dad at his farm. G-pop was a veterinarian with a widespread, large animal practice. Dairy farms were the norm in this area then, and, riding with him as a kid, I knew most of them. I started working with animals at a young age, and planted 6 acres of corn on his place when I was 13. After high school, I went to work for the phone company. G-dad had died and the farm was sold. Then, Vietnam started, and I was invited to participate by my Uncle. After I returned, I went back to work for Ma Bell, and started helping a few friends on their farms. That led to me renting a few acres, then buying this place and starting to build it into what it is today, about a three hundred acre beef operation. I retired from Ma Bell 11 years ago, and have been full-time farming since.
The area has 'urbanized' from what it was, as we are now much a bedroom community of Baltimore, about 30 miles south. All but a few of the dairies are gone, and many have been developed into homes. There are still a few large farms left, and many smaller tracts where people bought ten acres, got a few horses for the kids who have moved away, and now I farm some to keep them clean. Plus a few larger tracts, and some smaller. There are even a few that comprise one larger field made from three or four 'back yards'. The area has changed, as the people. But it's still home. Guess they'll eventually plant me here, too.
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