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<blockquote data-quote="50/50Farms" data-source="post: 1777430" data-attributes="member: 42731"><p>[USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] I'd do something like you're thinking. Stock it, then let him ramrod it. Stock it so that he's got cattle in the game too, at a percentage, possibly in a way that he can profit at a percentage. This is one of the best ways for someone to really start to understand the pencil. It'll put responsibility on him, but in a way that boosts him up with no hair loss. He'll get to see the effects of management, problem solving, efficiency, not forgetting luck, on the pencil. If he decides he wants to do something else, he can get out of it relatively painlessly and you can go on with it yourself or de-stock and look for deer hunters or other ag people to lease to. </p><p></p><p>This is how I was cut into the game, and by the time I was in my early teens you couldn't have paid a day worker to put in the hours I was. I'd skip out on girlfriends, party invitations, you name it and spend weeks out there when I could. I knew what everything cost us, when we were in the red, when we were in the black. By the time I was sixteen there wasn't anything I couldn't do by myself other than pen, sort, vaccinate and load. </p><p></p><p>It'll teach him, if it goes well, not to stick his hand out either. But I am certain you've already taught that because you are a very involved and dedicated dad from everything I've seen of your posts. </p><p></p><p>But all of that is just my opinion, and you'll make the best choice from what you can see from your angle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="50/50Farms, post: 1777430, member: 42731"] [USER=6291]@Brute 23[/USER] I'd do something like you're thinking. Stock it, then let him ramrod it. Stock it so that he's got cattle in the game too, at a percentage, possibly in a way that he can profit at a percentage. This is one of the best ways for someone to really start to understand the pencil. It'll put responsibility on him, but in a way that boosts him up with no hair loss. He'll get to see the effects of management, problem solving, efficiency, not forgetting luck, on the pencil. If he decides he wants to do something else, he can get out of it relatively painlessly and you can go on with it yourself or de-stock and look for deer hunters or other ag people to lease to. This is how I was cut into the game, and by the time I was in my early teens you couldn't have paid a day worker to put in the hours I was. I'd skip out on girlfriends, party invitations, you name it and spend weeks out there when I could. I knew what everything cost us, when we were in the red, when we were in the black. By the time I was sixteen there wasn't anything I couldn't do by myself other than pen, sort, vaccinate and load. It'll teach him, if it goes well, not to stick his hand out either. But I am certain you've already taught that because you are a very involved and dedicated dad from everything I've seen of your posts. But all of that is just my opinion, and you'll make the best choice from what you can see from your angle. [/QUOTE]
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