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Has anybody ever got rich through farming?
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<blockquote data-quote="yellowbelly" data-source="post: 3910604" data-attributes="member: 42308"><p>I imagine it was all done 'in house' as record books listing all the farm workers (of which there were many) have also survived.</p><p>I have visions of [USER=66890]@Mrs Y B[/USER]'s ancestors standing there as they were clipping and logging each fleece down as it was weighed - as each one was worth so much it was almost akin to stacking gold bars into the sheets and I expect they didn't want the odd one going home in somebody's dinner bag<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>To be fair, all years weren't as good as that - the price received fluctuates wildly over the years. In 1916 and 1917 it just says "Wool commandeered by Government"<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p>Some things <em>never</em> change.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yellowbelly, post: 3910604, member: 42308"] I imagine it was all done 'in house' as record books listing all the farm workers (of which there were many) have also survived. I have visions of [USER=66890]@Mrs Y B[/USER]'s ancestors standing there as they were clipping and logging each fleece down as it was weighed - as each one was worth so much it was almost akin to stacking gold bars into the sheets and I expect they didn't want the odd one going home in somebody's dinner bag;) To be fair, all years weren't as good as that - the price received fluctuates wildly over the years. In 1916 and 1917 it just says "Wool commandeered by Government":eek: Some things [I]never[/I] change.:LOL: [/QUOTE]
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