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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 01:26 PM
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I believe the experience he will get in just working through the Summer will be extremely beneficial. I don't really want him to sit at home all Summer. going to work will hopefully keep him out of trouble
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Some men are born brothers, Others earn it... JD
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 01:43 PM
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257wbymag
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I kinda kidding in my post but I understand he wants to farm. Unless he’s got access to a lot of land and money advise him to do the next best thing. Go into the Ag business. It’s what I did. You still are hands on with farmers every day and emotionally you are as involved as they are. We’re always gonna grow food. The Ag business will always be here. May not always be glitz and glamor but we always survive
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 02:41 PM
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I don't necessarily mean he's gonna own a farm. More like he's gonna be a farm hand or do something in the farming industry. But for now he wants to do some work on a farm for the experience and the opportunity to learn. I did tell him there's 3 jobs that will always be needed, Farmers, Doctors and Grave diggers. And considering I can't afford to send him to Medical school and he didn't like the idea of digging graves, farming was the best option... 😀
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Some men are born brothers, Others earn it... JD
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 02:47 PM
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257wbymag
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I can put him in touch with plenty of guys if he wants to go to work.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 04:07 PM
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Y’all quick discouraging him before he when starts. Let him decide himself if it’s something he wants to do or not through experience. Who’s going to feed my fat butt in the future if we keep discouraging our kids to stay away from farming, I don’t tell my son “don’t be a ditch digger”. I hand him a shovel and let him make up his own mind. It’s pretty self explanatory but he’s got to learn if he likes it or not. 257 thanks for at least offering some contacts. Big fella might turn out to be a great farm manager, mechanic, gps guidance systems tech, drone recon, field data analyst or something tied to the Ag industry. Don’t push him away with negativity. Too bad your not closer to the Blackbelt. Good, honest, reliable workers are in great demand.
"I didnt mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 06:54 PM
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I worked from about 14 for friends of my grandfather on their farms rebuilding fences, cleaning fence rows, weed eating, hauling hay, cleaning out stalls, fixing roofs, cleaning equipment, pressure washing you name it. Basically what ever I was ask and made good doing it and learned a lot. I have a half brother who is now a freshman in college who started helping me when he turned 16 doing the same thing. Surely there is someone who knows a hobby farmer who needs some manual labor that can put him to work? I would ask the elderly gentlemen at church, go to the local co-op and post a sign high schooler looking for work. As much as people complain about not being able to find good help if he will show up put in an honest days work word will spread and he will have more than he can do.
As a last resort tell him to knock on the doors of some of the elderly widow women at church or in the community and see if they need anything, oil checked in car, weed eating, car washed, sticks picked up, gutters cleaned, faucets changed even If he has to volunteer and do some of it for free. If he finds a couple of the right ones they will put him to work, pay him and make sure he is looked after and best of all tell their friends at the beauty shop and before long he will be as busy as he wants to be and should be able to work his way into a farm hand job.
Life is difficult Science prevails over bulldoodoo and superstition every time
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 06:59 PM
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I'm sure that Matt can hook you up with someone. Most farmers are always looking for some young eager help.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 07:16 PM
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I sent him a PM. He can't drive "Legally" so I or his mom can drop him off on my way to work.
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Some men are born brothers, Others earn it... JD
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 07:44 PM
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it’s more a bit of harsh reality behind the negative statements, more than true negativity. all previous statements of either being from a few thousand plus family farm or marrying into one is fairly gospel truth. working in ag and being THE farmer are two entirely different things now days, unfortunately. I say unfortunately because growing up on a small farm is/was a most ideal lifestyle, as a child raised as farm labor...work ethic is not taught, it is instilled out of necessity, and that carried over to sports, life, adversity, etc. my wife often asks if I miss farming and that’s a much more intricately complex question than it seems on the surface...absolutely yes every day, but not the wildly uncontrollable side that ultimately haunts most farmers...Dad never slept a lot (even on vacation), until he finally quit farming (row crop and catfish). Still works every day, at 83, selling oil to farmers...but sleeps MUCH sounder at nigh, God love him!!!
Last edited by donia; 04/29/20 07:47 PM.
experience is a freakin' awesome teacher....
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Re: 15yo Son want to be a farmer
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04/29/20 08:12 PM
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He can make some money doing hay during summer with some equipment...need decent equipment tho I know we spend close to 15k a year just for someone to bale...gonna change this year tho I'm doing it
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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