Well Not only have I had my arm up a cows "You Know what" to turn a calf, More times then I can count. But I even once helped a vet Cut open route around inside a living cow/dieing cow in an attempt to retrieve a over grown calf. But died in the end.
An trust Me Ive got yal beat in the Shit department. From a Plugged up 60 year old septic tank that needed unpluggin in December, pitchin out a busted manure spreader in January in -10 below weather, to staying home from High school for a whole day just to fix a Manure/drop cleaner. Oh an then thier was just last summer when I got Shit on by a cow.
Completely covered. From head to toe.
Not Fun at all. Changin Diapers, cleanin bathrooms, scrubbin toilets are cake walks compared to that.
Oh my latest current "whine" Its a Big one.
Estate tax, Inheritance tax, or what ever name you want to give the damn thing.
Because of My parents resent "situation", they have been forced to go over their will again.
An basicaly what it breaks down to, is that the lovely US government has this damn thing set up to really screw over any farmer that is planning to take over a farm from their parents.
Long gone are the days, when they could just pass it on to the next generation, or Say "Give me a Dollar, an its yours." Now the Government has to to tax the crap out of it, for all its worth!
No I dont Know all the details, yet. But God Im gona have to.
Basicaly Its gona be easier/cheaper to buy it from my parents bit by bit, rather then get Taxed to death if I inherit the farm.
Nother thing that has me royaly ticked off. Part of the problem is, that the Farm(the Land) is worth Just a few thousand short of a $1Million. But it isnt worth that as a Farm. As a whole farm its worth a couple 100 thousand. No its worth Near a Million all chopped up an subdivided!!
I Frakin Hate the Urban Sprawl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn thing has just about ruined all the worlds finest Agriculture land, in Southern PA. Cause Philly has to spread out across dang near the whole South East part of my beloved state.
Now here In both a State, an a County that both pride themselves on having Agriculture being its #1 bussiness. My familys land is worth a hell of a lot less as an actual Farm. But is Worth far more in a subdivided perversion of its self for Weekend Warriors, an Hobbie Farmers to ride around on ATVS, an piss poor Chinies built POS tractors!!!!
Id give just about anything right bout now to be getting started in the 1950s as a Farmer. Back safely in the times when the government an Nation were far more Farmer Friendly.