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losing the nice countrysides and persona of the farmer


I suppose, Jazz, that like me you are a city boy and haven't met a great many farmers. I dare say that, like other people, there are farmers and there are farmers. But when it comes to the ones who are in farming as a business, I have to agree with H.L. Mencken that they are among the most execrable people in the world, since they are forever whining and complaining. If it's too dry the farmers are crying about drought, and if it's too wet they whine about too damp. The weather is never right for farmers and you get sick and tired of hearing them complain.