Times have changed! In another thread I talk about binding oat hay up to the 70s. People who lease our place have a swather, round baler, modern loader tractors and haul hay with a semi. They can cut, bale, haul and stack in a couple days what took my Dad a month to do. But the rentors have 300 cattle, not the 60 Dad did, and a town job for health insurance and retirement someday. The old world of agriculture is gone. I'm about to retire from teaching after 30 years, and hope to do a little farm work again. Except for fixing fence, I'll need to be retrained in the new ways.
Last edited by 300_savage; 05/11/21.
