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I am so stink'n lucky to have good neighbors!
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<blockquote data-quote="John SD" data-source="post: 1252047" data-attributes="member: 14713"><p>When I was a kid in the late 60's-early 70's we milked 12 cows, seperated the milk and fed skim milk to the hogs and sold the cream in town. Had 500 laying hens, washed, candled and sold eggs to a grocery store in town. Raised next years pullets to take the place of the old hens. The old hens some went to neighbors, some went to Campbells soup. Fed hogs outdoors to butcher weight. Also kept a flock of 100 sheep. Did a little small grain. Put up hay for the cattle and sheep. Grew tons of pumpkins in the summer fallow strips between the strips of barley/oats/wheat. Sold the pumpkins to a different grocery store. Always had a large garden, especially potatoes. Potatoes and all the stuff Mom canned was stored in the root cellar. Canned stuff included not only vegetables from the garden, but also beef and pork. I guess that is what you call diversification <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John SD, post: 1252047, member: 14713"] When I was a kid in the late 60's-early 70's we milked 12 cows, seperated the milk and fed skim milk to the hogs and sold the cream in town. Had 500 laying hens, washed, candled and sold eggs to a grocery store in town. Raised next years pullets to take the place of the old hens. The old hens some went to neighbors, some went to Campbells soup. Fed hogs outdoors to butcher weight. Also kept a flock of 100 sheep. Did a little small grain. Put up hay for the cattle and sheep. Grew tons of pumpkins in the summer fallow strips between the strips of barley/oats/wheat. Sold the pumpkins to a different grocery store. Always had a large garden, especially potatoes. Potatoes and all the stuff Mom canned was stored in the root cellar. Canned stuff included not only vegetables from the garden, but also beef and pork. I guess that is what you call diversification :P :P :P [/QUOTE]
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