Farming and ranching are indeed a very hazardous occupation...I grew up on one and it seems every couple of years or less we would lose someone in the community to an accident of sorts...but that is the way of the world..I am actually quite amazed looking back that more have not been killed given the fact that we were actually out on tractors pulling hay cutting equipment or cultivators at 9 and 10 years old...my Dad used to put the grain truck in super low gear and send me down the road with a load of grain --when I got into the yard I would simply turn off the key as I was too small to reach the clutch and brake petals..I am not saying this as a bad thing--all in all, I truly feel it helped me in life...and rather proud of the youth I had..this same "job" also allowed us to walk out our door and shoot anytime we wanted--we were almost 20 miles from the nearest town..we could shoot gophers, rabbits or fox pretty much anytime we wanted...it was a great life...

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