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Kittigate

If there was good paying jobs doing farm work which would you prefer: dairy farm or grain farm?

Or other? 

Posted - March 22, 2019
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  • 976
    Dairy farm. I know it's not the same as when my Dad was growing up and him milking the cows. But, I'd like to give it a try.
      March 22, 2019 8:15 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Cows are interesting animals to work with but the dairy farmers mostly use milking machines. Some cows may need to be hand milked.
      March 22, 2019 8:24 PM MDT
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  • 976
    I would try hand milking. 
      March 22, 2019 8:41 PM MDT
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  • I guess a grain farm because I have a feeling a dairy farm would smell awful,  and I’d want to vomit every day if worked there. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 23, 2019 3:19 PM MDT
      March 23, 2019 7:26 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Dairy cow barn is not an overpowering smell if the farmers use scented straw for cows'  bedding.

    Grain farm in springtime you might be driving tractor seeding,  summertime plowing,  discing,  cultivating etc. fall driving truckloads of grain and sometimes operating the harvester. Can be a dusty job.
      March 23, 2019 11:04 AM MDT
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  • I’ll just take which ever job is easier and doesn’t smell bad then. 
      March 23, 2019 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    Smell in the dairy barns is usually pretty mellow. Think i'd prefer dairy farm work because I don't like the dust and noise of field machinery. 
      March 23, 2019 3:12 PM MDT
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  • Okay I’ll work in the cow place but if i smell anything bad you’re in big trouble, Mister. 
      March 23, 2019 3:19 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Ok. I'm sure you will be all right. Stay away from pig farms, they are about the smelliest.  This post was edited by Kittigate at March 23, 2019 3:36 PM MDT
      March 23, 2019 3:24 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      (was were)
      March 23, 2019 8:09 AM MDT
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  • 6098
    The latter.  And I should mention that in my later 20s I did work on a farm for a couple of years. 
      March 23, 2019 3:51 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    I have a small farm, but no animals except cats. Most of my acres are growing all kinds of weeds and bushes. I have no tractor. 
      March 23, 2019 5:10 PM MDT
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