tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post8896611445387198278..comments2023-11-15T19:15:28.094-06:00Comments on The Farmer's Daughter: A Friday farm storyCheryl @ TFDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15947085477739983984noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-34849848219422436222010-08-08T08:17:39.357-05:002010-08-08T08:17:39.357-05:00There are many things that government does that ma...There are many things that government does that make little or no sense. This is another on that list. It is always disheartening to see what your family once owned lost to something so different from what you knew. Looking forward to hearing about your days in a one-room schoolhouse!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-16115000856696165122010-08-07T13:25:51.676-05:002010-08-07T13:25:51.676-05:00Thanks for all the kind comments on this post. I ...Thanks for all the kind comments on this post. I agree that there is a sense of peace to be had from driving through the rural area and seeing the farmland, "the waves of grain", seeing a herd of cattle standing together under the shade of a tree, the farmer on his tractor planting crops, big hay bales dotting the landscape, and I am fearful that someday in the not too distant future that all this will be gone. More and more, even in our neck of the woods, I see farm land being divided up into lots and houses going up. I don't know what the answers are, but it is a concern. And as said before, the suits in Washington don't have a clue or I'm beginning to think..care. As long as they are pleasing their special interest groups for the votes so they can stay in office.....grrr. I better quit now...sorry...as you can see, this really saddens me. Again, thanks for your comments everyone. ~CherylCheryl @ TFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947085477739983984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-85306649469491383752010-08-07T09:40:56.693-05:002010-08-07T09:40:56.693-05:00Cheryl this is a beautiful post. I can hear and fe...Cheryl this is a beautiful post. I can hear and feel the sadness in your typed words. I see all around us the farmers being forced to not farm or being told what to not grow and having to leave the farm to do other work to make ends meet. I hate seeing farms that have been in families for years that get bought by developers and chopped up into quarter acre lots. I fear someday there will be no more beautiful Missouri farmland with the huge round bales of hay, cows and horses munching in the fields that I love to photograph. All I have to do when I'm feeling anxious or sad is drive the roads around us and look at all the farmland and I instantly feel a sense of peace. And a tractor out in the field makes me smile. I will be looking forward to the memories you have for us to read :)Rural Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732196758829385989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-50070166873154661772010-08-07T07:46:40.262-05:002010-08-07T07:46:40.262-05:00I have to be honest and say that I am a city girl;...I have to be honest and say that I am a city girl; born and raised in the suburbs. I have never spent one night on a farm of any kind. I have never planted a seed myself that has ever produced one bite of any food I have ever eaten (we have a garden, but hubs takes care of it). AND, in SPITE of all this, even I can see the folly of reducing our family farms by squeezing them out and replacing them with mega-company-owned farms, or flat out leaving good farmland that once produced our food lie in waste. <br /><br />You hit the nail on the head about "people in Washington just don't have a clue." One of this city girl's pet peeves, because it's not just farms and food source they don't understand. Out of touch, out of line, and out on a limb somewhere.<br /><br />I'm off the soap box now! Thanks for visiting my blog!Deb from WhatsInMyAttichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126246734744950335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-53368715010087304302010-08-06T20:54:30.321-05:002010-08-06T20:54:30.321-05:00I have often thought that the life of the farmer i...I have often thought that the life of the farmer is one of the most difficult in our country. Government subsidies and government intervention have just about destroyed the small farmer.<br /><br />JoMy Grama's Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114089036939629527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-65574597103632043342010-08-06T19:51:49.750-05:002010-08-06T19:51:49.750-05:00I don't get it either - I live in potato count...I don't get it either - I live in potato country, and there are so many fields that are sold and just lay idle, for no apparent reason. Or they are sold to a developer who puts in huge homes - that are mostly foreclosed on! I don't think most politicians would know a potato from a hole in the ground!<br /><br />What scares me even more is - who is growing our food? Where are we getting our produce and meat? To be honest with you, it scares the daylights out of me! I would love to be self-sufficient just for that reason, and believe me, I am working on it! <br /><br />I had the opportunity to buy my grandfather's farm once, and didn't do it - I kick myself for that one everyday! <br /><br />Blessings,<br />BarbBarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158897469583069249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-73119661731909392402010-08-06T10:56:42.255-05:002010-08-06T10:56:42.255-05:00This post brought tears to my eyes. The waste and...This post brought tears to my eyes. The waste and bad decisions are so prevalent. This is a perfect example. I'm glad you at least have those wonderful memories. I'm looking forward to reading about your years in the one room school house. I've always envied those who experienced such a life.<br /><br />DeannaDeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137773126591638229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-76918679020196820382010-08-06T08:02:45.329-05:002010-08-06T08:02:45.329-05:00Another, in a long, long line of examples, of how ...Another, in a long, long line of examples, of how distant government doesn't have a clue.<br /><br />They leave decisions to desk/chair jockies, who know nothing of the true conditions out there, where their decisions resonate.<br /><br />There's only one comment for this. But I don't think you like 4 letter words in your comments.<br /><br />:-((((Auntie sezzzzzz...https://www.blogger.com/profile/16170232476926222740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215549670320492394.post-65699413655751448762010-08-06T08:01:12.566-05:002010-08-06T08:01:12.566-05:00I understand your frustrations.
What the farm use...I understand your frustrations. <br />What the farm used to grow we are no doubt buying from a foreign country now. <br />My grandparents had a farm in Missouri around Tuscumbia, I went there every week end with my folks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822226275389410521noreply@blogger.com