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The Disappearance of the All Round Farmer
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 4396186" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>You can sink an awful lot of day into livestock and never seem to get very far ahead. I guess that is the part that turns many folk off the idea, in the modern age where the son punches a time-clock <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>Whereas in reality bigger tractors do cover more ground in a day (deeper, too, but that's another thread) so I suppose the push for 'efficiency' is visible?</p><p></p><p>I dunno, I have some funny ideas, like my solar powered nitrogen being just as cost effective as the stuff that runs on dry-cells <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite15" alt=":censored:" title="Censored :censored:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":censored:" /></p><p></p><p>But people ask me ' why do you even have sheep ' and my answer always is, "because I need them in my system. Doesn't mean I like catching them or dagging them, but there are breeds..." (and I like their personalities <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />)</p><p></p><p>On specialisation, it's something I have always avoided; most of my old classmates who sneered at my desire to go labouring and then farming, have been through uni to no job at the other end of it <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p>So $80,000+ in debt to get a min. wage job in a shop?</p><p>No, ta <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I see them on FB announcing they're finally buying their first home <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /> so they've lost a lot of time, I bought my first house before 20.</p><p></p><p>'Just farming' from now on in... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite26" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p><p>But, I still have money elsewhere, and outside jobs etc to drag in a bit extra, be silly not to if it's there.</p><p>It's a sign of the times when a chap can't find anyone who wants to check his lambs and have the occasional day weighing, scanning, load some on a truck etc. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>Amazing - [USER=10610]@glasshouse[/USER] - NZ without folk coming through who like sheeps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 4396186, member: 63856"] You can sink an awful lot of day into livestock and never seem to get very far ahead. I guess that is the part that turns many folk off the idea, in the modern age where the son punches a time-clock :eek: Whereas in reality bigger tractors do cover more ground in a day (deeper, too, but that's another thread) so I suppose the push for 'efficiency' is visible? I dunno, I have some funny ideas, like my solar powered nitrogen being just as cost effective as the stuff that runs on dry-cells :censored: But people ask me ' why do you even have sheep ' and my answer always is, "because I need them in my system. Doesn't mean I like catching them or dagging them, but there are breeds..." (and I like their personalities :confused:) On specialisation, it's something I have always avoided; most of my old classmates who sneered at my desire to go labouring and then farming, have been through uni to no job at the other end of it :rolleyes: So $80,000+ in debt to get a min. wage job in a shop? No, ta :) I see them on FB announcing they're finally buying their first home (y) so they've lost a lot of time, I bought my first house before 20. 'Just farming' from now on in... :unsure: But, I still have money elsewhere, and outside jobs etc to drag in a bit extra, be silly not to if it's there. It's a sign of the times when a chap can't find anyone who wants to check his lambs and have the occasional day weighing, scanning, load some on a truck etc. :rolleyes: Amazing - [USER=10610]@glasshouse[/USER] - NZ without folk coming through who like sheeps! [/QUOTE]
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