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.
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.
ReplyDeleteYour 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.
This is about farms. I don't like farms.
ReplyDeleteEw Farms.
ReplyDeleteFarms are pretty gross.
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