Wednesday, May 17, 2017

fieldwork in the spring

As each year comes and each year goes we have one person to thank his name is the farmer.  He's the man who wakes up at 430 in the morning to go do chores and then comes into the shed to check on the sick cow.  the farmer knows that the cow might not survive but he knows that hen might have put money into it.  After chores are done he drives into town to pick up seed for his planter.  Many people on the road are thinking what is he doing he looks drunk but not everyone knows that the farmer was up till 3am the night before doing fieldwork.

He gets his seeds and then goes to office to ask about fertilizer and says to himself I hope its a good year for crops.  He talks about the field that needs fertilizer but cant afford the good stuff.  As his day goes on he gets home and find that the cow had died after he paid the vet 350 dollars to give it a shot and come out.  He thinks its time to hop in the tractor and start to plant but the field is 6 miles away so he's driving down the road and it's a wide tractor and he has 5 cars behind him and honking he feels bad but he doesn't have a choice.

he rolls into the field and starts planting knowing that their was a chance of rain that day.  As the night goes on and chores are done early he  makes it inside before the news.  As he watching there's a big thunderstorm trolling threw with quarter size hail and strong winds.  The next day comes and finds the field he planted was in the neighbor's yard.  He tells his wife we will have to call insurance guy.  The spring and fall were tough but all farmers push through no matter how hard it is.  

4 comments:

  1. You offer a passionate plea for an important topic. Certainly most of what a farmer offers and works for goes unnoticed (if not unappreciated) by most people. We have an advantage where we are from that many have first hand experience with farming and farmers, but even with that - it is easy to overlook all that a farmer offers.

    Your comments make me think of a Paul Harvey commentary. . . something about a farmer. "So God Made a Farmer," maybe you are familiar with it? If not, do a quick Google search. It is impressive.

    I was well into middle age before I became aware that none of us understands what someone else does; we need to be careful not to assume we do understand.

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  2. This is about farms. I don't like farms.

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  3. Farms are pretty gross.

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