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Just a scoop full(Aug. 19)--There has been an area where we live that has been very dry lately. You could go 100 miles in every direction, and sometimes not that far, and it was a lot more green. However, we finally received about an inch or more of rain where it was very dry--so that should help a lot. I have a lot of my farm ground that hasn't been worked at all and now I'm wanting to plant wheat. I have been accused of a lot of things, but never of being a good farmer. I talked to a feedlot manager early this week. He seemed to think we would probably trade fat cattle at $83 per cwt. He said at that figure some cattle would make a little or lose a little, depending on what they were and when they were bought. I asked him if he thought we were going to be able to get this fat cattle market quite a bit better or not. He said he felt between now and the first of the year, we could move several dollars per cwt. higher. But, he said the attitude has to get better until we get some cash in our pockets. There are people coming by each week needing a job. And even though you know that is the case, it only becomes real if you are the one out of work. One businessman who had 95 employees told me he was glad, somewhat, about the lower economy because this allowed him to get rid of some non-efficient workers. That is not always the case, as some had to get rid of very good employees. This is another reason to teach your kids to work. If you teach them when they are younger, it will carry on throughout the rest of their lives. I would like to see the government not keep kids from being employed until they are older but, also give a tax break incentive to those who would hire a kid who is 13 or 14 years old. Most employers do not want the hassle but, if a kid doesn't work until he is out of high school, most of them never have a desire to work. Another idea is to reward any kid that stays 100 percent drug-free. Drugs destroy more kids than any war could ever kill.
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