I never was a farmer, but in the early 70's I had a hog floor, and it made enough money that it could be considered "fun". It was only 40 X 40, and divided into 4 pens. I could keep 15 head per pen, and rotate a batch in and out each month. I bought all of the pigs at a local auction barn, bought all of the feed, and had lots of hand labor. I kept good records, and often made a profit of $50 per head. That was a lot of money to a young man in 1970. I had a day job, so the hogs were a sideline, but the work never stopped. The manure was cleaned off daily by hand, but I was young then. My wife and I were rolling in the dough - got all of our debts paid off, and what could go wrong. Then came the 80's. It got to where you couldn't hardly give a hog away. When we got down to $10 profit per hog, it was no longer "fun", and I stopped buying feeders. I remember guys saying they just opened their gates and let their hogs roam. One guy claimed that he left 6 pigs in a stock trailer with a sign "Free to a good home". Came back the next morning and there were 8 pigs in his trailer. Good memories, but those days are over. I don't know where you'd find a hog in our neighborhood now. I used to step out in the evening, and I could hear feeder lids rattling in every direction from our place. No more. There's got to be some big boys in the hog business yet, because I see pork in the meat section of the grocery store, but the little guy is on the side.
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Today's Featured Article - A Brief History of Tractors in Australia - by Bob Kavanagh. After Captain Cook's exploration of the east coast in 1770 the British Government decided to establish a penal colony in Australia. The first fleet arrived in 1788 and consisted mainly of convicts who were poorly equipped and new little of farming techniques. The colony remained far from self-supporting and it was not until the early 1800's that things started to improve. Free settlers started to arrive, they followed the explorers across the mountains and where land was suitable set up farms. T
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