M-J-G
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Supposedly from the 1920s
Advice from 100 years ago
- Thread starter M-J-G
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FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Missed No 11, trust the "experts" blindly like our fellow "comrade".
- Location
- Ceredigion
Rule 1 , never give anyone advice
There is only one rule in farming… never talk about farming
To paraphrase fight club
Paddington
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- Location
- Soggy Shropshire
Rule 12 join the NFU.
Nearly
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- Location
- North of York
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
This is the USA where they had been experiencing the dust bowl caused by monocropping traditional ploughing and other such sins
The dust bowl was slightly later in the mid 1930s, or were they having trouble earlier than that?
- Location
- Ceredigion
Everything goes round in circles
ollie989898
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- Ceredigion
They do but you will never see a mass return to mixed farming
A lot of dairy farms are not suited to Arable Farming ,especially in West Wales ,
And arble farmers are finding ways of looking after the soil without the need to use livestock to get there
Alright everything goes round in circles but different if that makes sense
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Some old farmers in this area said the best thing to do in the 1930’s was nothing.
If fertiliser doesn’t come down then that’s what I’ll be doing on this farm, certainly on the poorer land that “wastes” inputs. I can see us moving towards ranching with sheep as a part time hobby and doing something else to make a proper living. In fact we are getting there already.
With nurses striking who are already paid 3x my salary, something has to give.
If fertiliser doesn’t come down then that’s what I’ll be doing on this farm, certainly on the poorer land that “wastes” inputs. I can see us moving towards ranching with sheep as a part time hobby and doing something else to make a proper living. In fact we are getting there already.
With nurses striking who are already paid 3x my salary, something has to give.
A Proper organised ,business like cooperation is completely different thing to borrowing and lending.
and its a good good idea in principle because Just because you have the resources to buy whatever you want or need doesn't mean to say lots of others don't.
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- Ceredigion
If dad had not taken a risk and borrowed, we would still be on 30 acre smallholding in Cheshire rather than 600 acre bought and paid for , and poking fun at farmers sons who had a silver spoon in their pocket 