Dirt, sweat, and diesel : a family farm in the twenty-first century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilty, Steven L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family farms--Missouri.

Family farms.

Farm life--Missouri.

Farm life.

Agriculture--Missouri.

Agriculture.

Missouri.

Physical Description:

viii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, 2016.

Summary:

With very few people engaged in agriculture today, it is no surprise that most Americans have little understanding of the challenges that modern farmers face. This book provides readers a glimpse into life on a modern Missouri farm where a variety of grains, grass seed, corn, and cattle are produced.

Contents:

1 1971. The Beginning 5

2 December 5. Snowstorm 11

3 December 12. Seed Supper 17

4 December 16. Maximilian 29

5 December 20. Fences 35

6 January 9. Help or Handout? 47

7 January 31. Winter Work 57

8 February 16. Mice and Mud 67

9 February 26. Nursery 77

10 March 6. Orphans 87

11 March 10. Flood 91

12 April 1. Spring 101

13 April 4. Winter Tractor Pull 113

14 April 12. Coming of Age 121

15 May 8. Storm 127

16 May 18. Thistles and Thieves 139

17 May 22. Spring Planting 149

18 May 28. Miracle Seeds? 161

19 June 11. Fields of Fescue 173

20 June 15. Community 183

21 June 25. Breakdown 189

22 June 30. Summer Harvest 199

23 July 4. County Fair 211

24 July 24. Prairie Tradition 217

25 August 15 & 18. State Fair 231

26 August 25. Summer Haze 237

27 September 12. Waiting to Harvest 249

28 September 18. Picking Corn 255

29 September 24. Last Tractor Pull 265

30 September 27. Milo 275

31 October 4. Office with a View 285

32 October 8. Farmfest 297

33 October 10. Machinery Auction 305

34 October 14. Video Auction 315

35 October 24. Last Harvest: Soybeans 319

36 November 3. Cattle Auction 323

37 November 10. End of Innocence 333

38 November 17. Little Bit Pregnant 343

39 November 30. Cow on Fire 353.

ISBN:

0826220797

9780826220790

OCLC:

909974905