Posted by POORDIRTFARMER on September 28, 2008 at 20:57:02 from (67.32.227.111):
In Reply to: Last of the farmers posted by 37chief on September 28, 2008 at 14:03:13:
WELL I TOO HATE TO SEE THE OLD TIMERS PASS ON, HERE IN NORTH EAST TENNESSEE, WHERE UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO BURLEY TOBACCO WAS KING, THERE WHERE A LOT OF GUYS TRYING TO SCRATCH OUT A LIVING ON SMALL FARMS. ONE OLD GUY THAT I KNOW IS 87, STILL RAISES A SMALL CROP OF BURLEY,70 PLUS ACRES OF GRASS HAY, AND SOME BEEF CATTLE. NONE OF HIS KIDS HAVE NO INTREST IN THE FARM ME , MY FATHER,AND MY BROTHER FARM ABOUT 400 ACRES, 100 ACRES OF CORN, 75 MOMMY COWS. THE OLD MAN COMES BY TO TALK ALOT, I LOVE TO HERE THOSE OLD STORIES, WE HELP HIM WITH HIS CATTLE WHEN WE CAN, LIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND I WENT OVER AND GOT ONE OF HIS TRACTORS AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR SHOP TO CHANGE THE OIL IN IT FOR HIM. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I SHURE WILL MISS HEREING FROM THAT GENERATION OF FARMERS.
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