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<blockquote data-quote="Carlos D." data-source="post: 295676" data-attributes="member: 1562"><p>We bought 320 acres here 14 years ago.we had a down payment and a 1000 dollars we both worked off the farm made some mistakes -leased 10 cows to start with I never considered the morgage payment as a cost to the farm. If i had lived in the city I would still have to pay for a house to live in -Anyway now we dont owe anybody have 45 cows 35 sheep --to many horses (6) 2 sows, raise a 100 chickens every year. raised 2 kids who know how to work(and say they would not want to have grown up any place else) My wife eventually ended up with a pretty good job and now I get to stay home and farm.One piece of advice I can give to anyone starting out is if you want shiny equipment you wont make it. My first tractor cost 900 dollars and slowly we gathered up equipment, Stay away from tractors with auto shifts and such --too costly to repair Most times when I bought an older tractor I watched for another cheap junker for parts when I started there were 4 new farmers who started that year close to us 3 were from europe there all gone now.It takes a pile of dedication</p><p></p><p>carl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carlos D., post: 295676, member: 1562"] We bought 320 acres here 14 years ago.we had a down payment and a 1000 dollars we both worked off the farm made some mistakes -leased 10 cows to start with I never considered the morgage payment as a cost to the farm. If i had lived in the city I would still have to pay for a house to live in -Anyway now we dont owe anybody have 45 cows 35 sheep --to many horses (6) 2 sows, raise a 100 chickens every year. raised 2 kids who know how to work(and say they would not want to have grown up any place else) My wife eventually ended up with a pretty good job and now I get to stay home and farm.One piece of advice I can give to anyone starting out is if you want shiny equipment you wont make it. My first tractor cost 900 dollars and slowly we gathered up equipment, Stay away from tractors with auto shifts and such --too costly to repair Most times when I bought an older tractor I watched for another cheap junker for parts when I started there were 4 new farmers who started that year close to us 3 were from europe there all gone now.It takes a pile of dedication carl [/QUOTE]
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