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Re: Re: Re: falling old equipment values
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Posted by buickanddeere on April 14, 2004 at 05:37:06 from (192.75.48.2):
In Reply to: Re: Re: falling old equipment values posted by Butcher on April 13, 2004 at 19:41:30:
Take a look at the Gross National Product statistics, farming is very minor player now. The percent of the rural population who actually farm is less than 2%.
The large corporate farm does has efficiency of scale but the family farm does have the advantage of personal attention to details. The family farm tends to take better care of equipment/building and livestock than hired hands do. Longs hours at less pay too.
Times change; candle makers, watch repairmen, tailers, blacksmiths, glass blowers, lamp lighters etc have went by the wayside.
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