Last of the farmers

Anonymous-0 · Sep 28, 2008

I grew up in a farming community here in Calif. There were probably 4 full time farmers, my Dad being one of them. All the farming stopped in the late 60's. The last remaining old timer just passed away last night. His family was one of the bigger ones. With his passing, this is the end of the farming generation of his age he was around 84. Stan

Chuck (CA) · Sep 28, 2008

Sorry to hear about that; the end of an era.

Whereabouts are you in CA, Stan? I'm in the Central Valley where farming still goes on, but is slowly losing ground to new houses.

Chuck

GeneMO · Sep 28, 2008

Makes you wonder where the food is going to come from!

IGA I guess.

Gene

NCWayne · Sep 28, 2008

We've got a good friend that will be the last of a generation of farmers and dairy farmers going back well over 100 years. He's currently 92 and still farming and raising beef cattle as much as his health will allow.

I have to say from what I've seen the children do their best to take care of him and his needs and help out as well a they can but they simply know so little about "real farming" to always do or buy what is really needed. The sad thing is, beyond that none of them have any real desire to do any farming. Even worse, as it stands the 170 or so acres of land will probably be sold off to developers making the children rich after he's gone and he'll get none of the monetary rewards for a life of hard work.

Doug in Illinois · Sep 28, 2008

I hate to hear that. I am glad he did NOT give in to $$$ to sell the farm. Have seen way too many acres broke for pivots in Nebraska not suitable and too many acres here in Illinois bought by Chicago a holes who don't farm, they just want a few thousand more acres to deer hunt on. DOUG

S. Crum · Sep 28, 2008

We'll bury one of our last one's tomorrow. He was only 59 and a very popular fellow. I went to his visitation this afternoon and waited in line for over an hour. I'll bet there were 500 people at the funeral home and more coming in when I left. He'll be sadly missed.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 28, 2008

I live about 30 mi. north of san diego. My Grand pa left my Granda Mother, with three young kids, leaving my Dad of 12 years of age to run the farm. This was around 1918. He moved to Chowchilla probably somewhere around you.Stan

Anonymous-0 · Sep 28, 2008

WELL I TOO HATE TO SEE THE OLD TIMERS PASS ON, HERE IN NORTH EAST TENNESSEE, WHERE UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO BURLEY TOBACCO WAS KING, THERE WHERE A LOT OF GUYS TRYING TO SCRATCH OUT A LIVING ON SMALL FARMS. ONE OLD GUY THAT I KNOW IS 87, STILL RAISES A SMALL CROP OF BURLEY,70 PLUS ACRES OF GRASS HAY, AND SOME BEEF CATTLE. NONE OF HIS KIDS HAVE NO INTREST IN THE FARM ME , MY FATHER,AND MY BROTHER FARM ABOUT 400 ACRES, 100 ACRES OF CORN, 75 MOMMY COWS. THE OLD MAN COMES BY TO TALK ALOT, I LOVE TO HERE THOSE OLD STORIES, WE HELP HIM WITH HIS CATTLE WHEN WE CAN, LIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND I WENT OVER AND GOT ONE OF HIS TRACTORS AND BROUGHT IT TO OUR SHOP TO CHANGE THE OIL IN IT FOR HIM. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I SHURE WILL MISS HEREING FROM THAT GENERATION OF FARMERS.

twopop · Sep 29, 2008

I was raised in chino.my dad farmed in the chino,pomona area from 1928 to 1976.over the years he grew oats for hay,wheat,barley corn,sugar beets and alfalfa.I took over in 76 and farmed there 1 year.it was all leased land and it was being planted with 3 and 4 bedroom homes so in 77 we moved to new mexico to raise alfalfa.

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