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Posted by copey [206.80.249.131] on Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 05:39:37 :

I am in the processes of selling my farm land , to a young neighbor . Gone are the days of someone bringing you a bag of cash and you handing him a receipt for the purchase .In this day and age he needed a severance , surveys , town councils permission , environmental impact studies , permission from surrounding neighbors ,all a fairly long time consuming process of red tape . Now all he wants to do is get his crops in on time .I give him permission to get started as soon as he wants , he can settle up with me when everyone has had a kick at the political cat. Yesterday I here a truck up the drive way it’s the young fellow , he wants my advice on the land and what I would do . I couldn’t think of a word to tell him, for the first time , I was speechless . I said to him jump in my power wagon and we take a drive out there. Now in the power wagon you never just turn the key and go , pull the choke ,set the throttle, turn on the key , push the starter pedal , release the hand brake and let the truck warm a bit, check the gauges . I drive in low gear, high range and it takes a few minutes to get out on the land . I could see two things in his eyes one he’s not the patient kind of fellow I am and he is taken a back bit by the size of this farm . When we are out in the middle of the field , he starts again with questions about the land . He wants to plant the entire field in corn ,I just about swallow my chewing tobacco, I said that would cost you 20 Ks in input costs . His come back was he was used to risks .I said don’t you want to get to know the land ? He was quick to say he had years of experience doing corn . I was quiet again , in fact I opened my door on the power wagon to get some air. The only thing I could say to my ambitious neighbor was I was a follower of nature , the moon ,the weather ,the soil was my guide, I fallowed fields and used manure . You my young ,young friend are a man of science , sprays ,commercial fertilizers , massive equipment . We are two worlds apart , just like the trucks we drive mine is old and slow , yours be fast and new . I took him back to his truck, not a word said , until we are at the house . Again, he asks ,how would I plant corn ,no till or plow . I took out my pipe lit a bowl , and thought for a few minutes . While I am lighting my pipe he is looking at my old equipment . The only thing I could say was, get to know the land then make up your mind . He then asks me do I go every where in this old truck, I say just about , a very reliable vehicle , once I got to know it ~ Copey ps (not my pic)



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