Buying the farm.....?

Question

A city slicker wanted to buy a farm. He found just what he was looking for. During an inspection of the property, however, he found a hive of bees.

He told the owner that he was deathly afraid of bees, and there was no way he could consider this piece of land.

The landowner assured him that the bees were completely harmless, but the buyer would have no part of it.

Finally, the landowner made an offer. The buyer would allow himself to be tied to a tree for an hour, nude, under the nest. So sure of the friendliness of his bees was the farmer that if ONE bee were to sting him, the farm would be his for free. The buyer thought it over and decided it was worth the risk.

An hour later, the farmer walked out to the tree and saw the poor guy slumped over in his bindings. Fearing the worst, he ran up to him and asked if he had been stung.

The city fella looked up and weakly said, "No... the bees never touched me - but doesn't that calf have a mother!?!"

Answer 1

I freakin' loved it! Tell me another!! *star*

Answer 2

land costs between $5K and $15K per acre in most parts of the country. And that is with no buildings. Those will add another $100K to $300K to the price. Equipment for a small (under 10 acre farm) will cost around $20K for tillers, mowers, refrigeration, hoes, seed, seed starting equip, a small greenhouse, harvesting equip., etc., to start. A bigger farm will need a tractor ($5K to $25K) Livestock costs include feed, fencing housing, water, vets, butchering, etc..For chickens alone expect to pay around $2500 farm work is hard work, much harder mentally and physically than kitchen work (I cooked 15 years before getting into speciality produce farming). The pay sucks, especially at first when you can expect to make around a dollar an hour. You will work around 100 hours a week the first few years as you learn how to do farming. And if you want to go small high end (which is what it sounds like you want) you will have to do all your own marketing (this is 50% of the time spent on most small farms selling direct to the customer) and it takes years to get good at doing this for most people and at least 2 to 4 years to build up a sustainable customer base for everyone. My suggestion is you find a farm to intern on for a season or two before you buy. That way you will know if this is simply a romantic notion or if you actually love farming (and you will have to love it because otherwise you will burn out in a couple of years) Remember most people do not make money on farming but it is possible if you are not in debt and can live cheaply and love working out of doors in all weather year round.

Answer 3

Hahahahhaaaaaa....love it mate...nice one

Answer 4

lol
10/10
u get s star

Answer 5

that is very funny

love it

Answer 6

i dont get it

can anyone explain?

Answer 7

hahahahaaa good one.

Answer 8

lol...danggggggg

Answer 9

well.lol

Answer 10

lol