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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (148363)	5/24/2001 1:18:56 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

What you have to understand is that other people in this world are working to provide too. It takes all kinds to keep people going. And this differentiation of work benefits everyone. Farmers can concentrate completely on growing food and don't have to care how tractors are built. The tractor builders can concentrate on building great tractors and don't have to worry how their cloths on their backs came into being. To find out what the world would be like if everyone had to spend all day providing food for themselves, look back 10,000 years. Now maybe an argument could be made that humanity made a big mistake 10,000 years ago when we chose this path but believe me, there's no turning back now. But a farmer understands that they are providing. They are keeping their people going.

To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (148363)	5/24/2001 1:45:14 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Yah, we need to make allowances for the fact that farmers lose it all and gain it all depending on the weather" Isn't there crop insurance for that? All your points in the post are valid and should be considered before one goes into farming. They are also factors to be considered when choosing whether to stay in farming. Sounds like you have figured out a way to get along yourself, and I suspect others could too. The ones that can't should look for other work.