Kim Hathaway, a Fredericktown farmer, states that farmers learn 90% of what they need to know about farming, in the field. "Most of it's common sense, a lot of hard knocks. You know, when you're lambing, you learn in a hurry to become a veterinarian." Bruce Rickard, a sheep farmer, says that, "every problem we face is a very localized problem. What works on my farm may not work on the farm next door. And the only way you learn that is by experience on your farm." So, farm life is one way to learn about farming. |
Photo by Rachel Balkcom |
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