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Show fFrom where I sit ... h Joe Marsh - y Mystery of tha Missing Farms Yep, the number of farms in America is shrinking (by a quarter-; quarter-; million in the last five years!). What's happened to the missing farms? The land has been taken in by other farms, increasing the average size by twenty acres! Does this growth mean farming's farm-ing's no longer a family enter-prise? enter-prise? Just the opposite! More families own farms today than ever only with labor-saving equipment they can handle more land, more work. That's as it should be. The family farm is a fortress of democracy w where our free, American life is secure. Where every member cooperates co-operates and shares the work . . . living together in temperance and tolerance temperance that prefers pre-fers a moderate beverage like beer, and tolerance for a taste that may be different from one's own. From where I sit, our Family Farms (and they're 96 of all farms) are something that this country can be proud of! |