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<blockquote data-quote="The Bachelor" data-source="post: 437187" data-attributes="member: 1336"><p>I would have to repectfully disagree again because I think its always been off farm income that was used to purchase farms. My Father in Law was a good example.</p><p></p><p>He started working two jobs starting at the age of 16. He worked on his family farm during the day, and at a chicken processing plant at night (he wouldn't eat chicken his whole life after that). Finally after doing this 22 years he finally was able to purchase 1/4 section dairy farm. Now I don't know if he bought it outright or had to take a loan, but on that farm he made his living and raised nine kids. One of which I was fortunate enough to marry.</p><p></p><p>The point is his off farm job allowed him to buy a place. He is part of the problem, but he was part of the problem 56 years ago when he bought it.</p><p></p><p>If I wouldn't have put money into an IRA or 401K and saved better and scrimped more, I think I could have bought a 1/4 section and done the same thing after 22 years in todays dollars. Probably not with the same results cause that man knew cattle and could squeeze liquid out of a penny. But I might of been in the same position to start. All because of my off the farm job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Bachelor, post: 437187, member: 1336"] I would have to repectfully disagree again because I think its always been off farm income that was used to purchase farms. My Father in Law was a good example. He started working two jobs starting at the age of 16. He worked on his family farm during the day, and at a chicken processing plant at night (he wouldn't eat chicken his whole life after that). Finally after doing this 22 years he finally was able to purchase 1/4 section dairy farm. Now I don't know if he bought it outright or had to take a loan, but on that farm he made his living and raised nine kids. One of which I was fortunate enough to marry. The point is his off farm job allowed him to buy a place. He is part of the problem, but he was part of the problem 56 years ago when he bought it. If I wouldn't have put money into an IRA or 401K and saved better and scrimped more, I think I could have bought a 1/4 section and done the same thing after 22 years in todays dollars. Probably not with the same results cause that man knew cattle and could squeeze liquid out of a penny. But I might of been in the same position to start. All because of my off the farm job. [/QUOTE]
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