Does old money exist in farming?

[fjlip]

Same here, matured socially later. Doubt if would be even alive if single. Several bachelors around in the past and even present. Certainly more $$ in bank/toys but for what and who? Nieces and nephews benefitted. I hope they are all okay, need a circle, social contacts with others.

[Sheepwheat]

Same here, matured socially later. Doubt if would be even alive if single. Several bachelors around in the past and even present. Certainly more $$ in bank/toys but for what and who? Nieces and nephews benefitted. I hope they are all okay, need a circle, social contacts with others.

I have a neighbor I need to get off my butt and go visit. He’d probably be glad to have someone to have a coffee with. Gotta be lonely.

[blackpowder]

I have a neighbor I need to get off my butt and go visit. He’d probably be glad to have someone to have a coffee with. Gotta be lonely.

That brings up a valuable point.
This winter has been a sob for many.
I can testify.
Go talk to someone who has no one else.

[sumdumguy]

Some people have become Covid Obtuse. They are scared to open their doors, really! Not all socialist sheeple either.

[Rinker]

After I left home at 18 (I'm 31 now) I got a job In the piping trades. Best decision I made. I came home to start farming after I earned my ticket and without my off farm job in the offseasons I wouldn't have had a hope in Hell of making it. Dad paid the downpayment on my 1st quarter (I paid him back in full) so that's really the only time I would have benefited with 'old money'. Worked my ass off in my trade, grain, and cattle to get where I am today. Now I have 2 kids under 3 years old. I am beginning to realize that life's more than just money. Time with family is where it's at.

[makar]

After I left home at 18 (I'm 31 now) I got a job In the piping trades. Best decision I made. I came home to start farming after I earned my ticket and without my off farm job in the offseasons I wouldn't have had a hope in Hell of making it. Dad paid the downpayment on my 1st quarter (I paid him back in full) so that's really the only time I would have benefited with 'old money'. Worked my ass off in my trade, grain, and cattle to get where I am today. Now I have 2 kids under 3 years old. I am beginning to realize that life's more than just money. Time with family is where it's at.

Best thing i did was quit the oil patch when my boys were born, went from being a stranger to my wife to full time dad and it shows in them. Didn't get rich, also could care less.

[makar]

I just remembered i do come from old money, after returning from a refugee camp after ww1 great gramma refused to turn in the old czar money for the polish zlotyi, turning the family fortune into asswipe. May be coming again.

[furrowtickler]

Yes. BG TIME.

Yup and nope
So much depends on the individual, weather , luck , some inheriting , some not . I have seen it all . Very few make it big solely on their own , just life .
Some made it work very well , some fail miserably.
Some just are carrying on bit by bit , probably 70-80% ???
I have said this many years ago , some can’t manage 1500ac , some are running 50,000 plus successfully...
The opposite is true in many cases
It’s not always about “old money”
There are so many different factors now than “old money”
I have seen guys lose it all , but also guys have nothing do extremely well.
Learned one can not judge, way too many factors outside of actual “farming”
Look at the posts above , so many different situations.
Old money helped in some situations, and ruined many others .. the “super man” situation buried as many as those successful... just life in general

Just because someone is deemed successful, does not necessitate mean old money .

Reminds me of an old Dan Seals song
“everything that glitters is not gold”

Each to their own ... still should be a mainstream thought .

Unfortunately today , that is being completely lost ... more so than ever

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I just remembered i do come from old money, after returning from a refugee camp after ww1 great gramma refused to turn in the old czar money for the polish zlotyi, turning the family fortune into asswipe. May be coming again.

Please share any more stories you have of your family history.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

One of the recurring themes seems to be the word, “bachelor”... lol

It does cost more than a few cents to raise a family. Sometimes bachelors are perfectly happy on their own I suppose. But all the money on the planet can’t buy the joy a family brings, that’s for sure!

I was a very short term bachelor, and I gotta say, it was the time I had the most cash to potentially spend that’s for sure, even with a real small farm at that time.

There is a lot to that. Not by choice, but I was very late to get married and have kids. It would have been impossible to work the hours, and invest the money while also raising a family and keeping a wife(literally).

Wasn't much fun, and at the time I would have given anything to trade places, but in hindsight, it paid off and was worth the sacrifice. Not that girls wanted anything to do with a poor farmer who does nothing but work.

[Old Cowzilla]

One of the recurring themes seems to be the word, “bachelor”... lol

It does cost more than a few cents to raise a family. Sometimes bachelors are perfectly happy on their own I suppose. But all the money on the planet can’t buy the joy a family brings, that’s for sure!

I was a very short term bachelor, and I gotta say, it was the time I had the most cash to potentially spend that’s for sure, even with a real small farm at that time.

A lot of small town hospitals and rec centers have been kept running with old money. Old bachelor money that is,and of course the end to quite a few family farms with no family to take over.

[mcfarms]

If the Richrdsons , Pattersons, Cargills/ MacMillians and the Deere Famiiy are in farming then yes to the question, cause thats where all my old money is.

[Sheepwheat]

If the Richrdsons , Pattersons, Cargills/ MacMillians and the Deere Famiiy are in farming then yes to the question, cause thats where all my old money is.

Lol!..

[makar]

Please share any more stories you have of your family history.

In 1915 we lived 15 miles east of the city of brest, on the polish/belarus border. When the german army advanced the russians came and loaded everyone up and sent us to starve to death east of moscow. Great grandfather died there of a stroke and disease. The russians then burnt everything to the ground, the famous scorched earth policy. We returned a couple years later to find the new polish landlords, the hated pahn, had nothing better to do but plow up the homesteads to ensure nothing was left. My great grandmother only found her former home by finding the well, said to be the best around. In those days gramma said you had to check what flag was flying in the courtyard to know what country you were in.

[TOM4CWB]

In 1915 we lived 15 miles east of the city of brest, on the polish/belarus border. When the german army advanced the russians came and loaded everyone up and sent us to starve to death east of moscow. Great grandfather died there of a stroke and disease. The russians then burnt everything to the ground, the famous scorched earth policy. We returned a couple years later to find the new polish landlords, the hated pahn, had nothing better to do but plow up the homesteads to ensure nothing was left. My great grandmother only found her former home by finding the well, said to be the best around. In those days gramma said you had to check what flag was flying in the courtyard to know what country you were in.

It could soon be the UN flag flying over Ottawa... therefore history does repeat itself... and we are blessed to live in Canada ... yet if we fail to obey the guidelines set out by our forefathers... we will all pay a price that our next generations will reap the seed of greed and arrogance that are being planted today.

God Bless Canada... and give us the wisdom to be responsible loving people who love and care for our neighbors and future generations!!!!

Enjoying this conversation!

Cheers