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RebelR · 05-15-2013, 07:19 AM

For the most part with these old farms, the owners are retired from farming. They themselves may not work the land, but would rent out the land to larger operations who still cash crop. That pays the taxes and quite a bit of the living expenses, since most of the farms are long since paid off. All the old outbuildings near the barn and house are just prime for these old guys to just stuff to the rafters, and over a lifetime, that stuff adds up. Farmers never throw away anything. There's always a use for it. And in years back, there was no garbage collection or land fill to take scrap and refuse to.

We have an old farm. In the back woods we have a dirt pile full of old bottles, there's an old VW Beetle as well as various old farm implements (some which are in surprisingly good shape considering they are over 100 years old and have been sitting in the elements all this time) Try going to a farm auction every once in a while, these old guys have nothing better to do than hang out with old friends, and buy boxes of stuff for $1 that no one else seems to want. I'll be that more than a few gems have come into their possession (harder now since its easy to look anything that looks remotely interesting up on the internet). Like the old saying goes "one mans trash, is another man's treasure" And these guys have been to quite a few places that are filled with stuff that is certainly not junk.

All in all, a pretty interesting show, that digs up some cool pieces. I think pickers can sometimes rescue items of significance that may have been destined to head to the landfill otherwise.

05-15-2013, 07:19 AM
RebelR Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Across the river Styx Posts: 1,998	For the most part with these old farms, the owners are retired from farming. They themselves may not work the land, but would rent out the land to larger operations who still cash crop. That pays the taxes and quite a bit of the living expenses, since most of the farms are long since paid off. All the old outbuildings near the barn and house are just prime for these old guys to just stuff to the rafters, and over a lifetime, that stuff adds up. Farmers never throw away anything. There's always a use for it. And in years back, there was no garbage collection or land fill to take scrap and refuse to. We have an old farm. In the back woods we have a dirt pile full of old bottles, there's an old VW Beetle as well as various old farm implements (some which are in surprisingly good shape considering they are over 100 years old and have been sitting in the elements all this time) Try going to a farm auction every once in a while, these old guys have nothing better to do than hang out with old friends, and buy boxes of stuff for $1 that no one else seems to want. I'll be that more than a few gems have come into their possession (harder now since its easy to look anything that looks remotely interesting up on the internet). Like the old saying goes "one mans trash, is another man's treasure" And these guys have been to quite a few places that are filled with stuff that is certainly not junk. All in all, a pretty interesting show, that digs up some cool pieces. I think pickers can sometimes rescue items of significance that may have been destined to head to the landfill otherwise. __________________ Rich"at"rebel-ads.com ICQ 644377336 or MSN ruralx"at"hotmail.com