[RedMonqey]

That may have more with age than sedate lifestyle. I’m exhausted when the sun goes down but after a bath and supper I fall asleep then up for a bit(my brothers the same and they don’t farm like I do)
That’s why I get on FR to read myself back asleep(don’t always work)
And farmers have stress, o boy do we have stress.(paying bills and taxes)
We just beat a piece of equipment to get the frustration out!(Grins)

[dp0622]

:)

There’s a song by John Mellencamp, Rain on the Scarecrow.

I HATE his politics. But he is from a VERY small farm town, i think.

Do any words ring true at all? Do people lose farms like this?

Scarecrow on a wooden cross
Blackbird in the barn
Four hundred empty acres
That used to be my farm
Grew up like my daddy did
My grandpa cleared this land
When I was five
I walked the fence while Grandpa held my hand

Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
This land fed a nation
This land made me proud
And son, I`m just sorry
There`s no legacy for you now

Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
Rain on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow

The crops we grew last summer
Weren`t enough to pay the loans
Couldn`t buy the seed to plant this spring
And the Farmers’ Bank foreclosed
Called my old friend Schepman
Up to auction off the land
He said:
“John, it`s just my job
And I hope you understand.”

Hey, calling it your job, ole hoss
Sure don`t make it right
But if you want me to
I`ll say a prayer for your soul tonight

And grandma`s on the front porch swing
With a Bible in her hand
Sometimes I hear her singing
Take me to the Promised Land
When you take away a man`s dignity
He can`t work his fields and cows

There`ll be
Blood on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow
Blood on the scarecrow
Blood on the plow

There`s 97 crosses
Planted in the courthouse yard
Ninety-seven families who
Lost ninety-seven farms

I think about my grandpa
My neighbors and my name
And some nights
I feel like dying
like that scarecrow in the rain