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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Farm work
Dan Frank
Mrs. Boreson
Expository Writing
2/2/09 – 6th hour
FARM WORK
Have people ever thought why hard jobs are so important to the world? A lot of people think that all hard jobs are not important, but let me tell you, farming is one of the most important jobs in the world you could have. The reason why farming is so important to the world, is food. Without food, we would not be alive. Or if people want to say that they don’t eat grown crops, just animals, those people need to realize the animals they eat were fed crops grown by farmers.
There are so many steps in growing high-quality crops. With high-quality means more money and a top buyer. One thing that is important to the farmer is a buyer that you know will always be behind you in your business life. Because just like in other jobs, you need a buyer and a seller. That’s why nowadays they have a piece of paper called a contract, just to secure their deal, that the farmer and the buyer made, so there are no changes in price, nor can anyone back out of the deal.
With that said, the things that it takes to be a great farmer, and a farmer that knows how to grow an over-the-top crop that every buyer wants to get in the palm of their hands, the things that you need to run a great farm, first of all, you need to have a lot of equipment. The equipment that you need are tractors. Those would probably be the most important piece of equipment that you would need to have.
You would also need to have a leveler, a Melcher, a plow, disk, planter, ripper, S-tine, sprayer, and a harvester. These are all sorts of equipment that is important for each field work that is needed to prepare the ground. There are other equipment that is sometimes needed too, but that would take a long time to name them all.
The other part of farming that is key to having a good farm are workers. Without them, you would get nothing done. The next step to having a successful farm is quality seed or plants, whatever the farmer is trying to grow. And then you have to seek out the best buyer of your crop. With all these important steps in trying to run a great farm, I’ll explain all the steps in growing a crop from start to finish to show you the exact point and hard work it takes in growing the greatest crop at all times.
First, when you start out, you need to prepare the field to get all the clumps and uneven spots out of the field so that the crop will grow evenly. The equipment you need to do this is a mulcher and a leveler. These two pieces of equipment are the main keys in having a nice, smooth, level ground. If you did not have these two pieces of equipment, your crop would not grow as nice, because when you irrigate, the crop wouldn’t get watered evenly, and you wouldn’t have a crop that a top buyer would want, and you would have to sell your crop for a lesser price. The other equipment that is important would have to be your tractors. That’s a piece that goes together with the rest of the equipment, like the cultivator and your planter has to be pulled by a tractor.
The next thing to have on a really good farm are water rights. With the water right that you have, you will be able to irrigate your crops so they will grow. What water right means, is you have a share of water that you have already bought, and you know that you would automatically have that water when you needed it. They do that, because of the drought that we were in, you will always have water to water your crops if you have water rights. Farmers that don’t have water rights have to depend on Mother Nature to bring down the rains, and when you’re in a drought, that doesn’t always happen, and then your crops die because of lack of water.
With this said, you also need to spray your crops to keep bugs and weeds out so your crop will grow. If you don’t spray your crops, the bugs will eat the plants away until they are gone or die, and if you don’t spray for weeds, the weeds will choke the plant out until it dies, leaving you no crop. In this case, you water and wait for it to grow.
When the time comes that your crop is full grown, you start to harvest it, and you contact your buyer to let them know you will be bringing the crop to them so they can keep their production going. And you sell your crop to the buyer so you can keep your farm going by buying seed and equipment for the next season.
In the end, all the facts that I just told you are located on www.farmingtoday.com. So all in all, farm work is tough, and if people don’t know why people choose really tough jobs, I hope that I have given you enough facts to make you think twice, when a tough job comes along, not to always say no to them.
So I leave you with this saying, “Life is tough, but don’t ever let toughness bring you to a stall, and keep moving forward to bring food for us all.” So that is how to be a farmer and what it’s all about.
Mrs. Boreson
Expository Writing
2/2/09 – 6th hour
FARM WORK
Have people ever thought why hard jobs are so important to the world? A lot of people think that all hard jobs are not important, but let me tell you, farming is one of the most important jobs in the world you could have. The reason why farming is so important to the world, is food. Without food, we would not be alive. Or if people want to say that they don’t eat grown crops, just animals, those people need to realize the animals they eat were fed crops grown by farmers.
There are so many steps in growing high-quality crops. With high-quality means more money and a top buyer. One thing that is important to the farmer is a buyer that you know will always be behind you in your business life. Because just like in other jobs, you need a buyer and a seller. That’s why nowadays they have a piece of paper called a contract, just to secure their deal, that the farmer and the buyer made, so there are no changes in price, nor can anyone back out of the deal.
With that said, the things that it takes to be a great farmer, and a farmer that knows how to grow an over-the-top crop that every buyer wants to get in the palm of their hands, the things that you need to run a great farm, first of all, you need to have a lot of equipment. The equipment that you need are tractors. Those would probably be the most important piece of equipment that you would need to have.
You would also need to have a leveler, a Melcher, a plow, disk, planter, ripper, S-tine, sprayer, and a harvester. These are all sorts of equipment that is important for each field work that is needed to prepare the ground. There are other equipment that is sometimes needed too, but that would take a long time to name them all.
The other part of farming that is key to having a good farm are workers. Without them, you would get nothing done. The next step to having a successful farm is quality seed or plants, whatever the farmer is trying to grow. And then you have to seek out the best buyer of your crop. With all these important steps in trying to run a great farm, I’ll explain all the steps in growing a crop from start to finish to show you the exact point and hard work it takes in growing the greatest crop at all times.
First, when you start out, you need to prepare the field to get all the clumps and uneven spots out of the field so that the crop will grow evenly. The equipment you need to do this is a mulcher and a leveler. These two pieces of equipment are the main keys in having a nice, smooth, level ground. If you did not have these two pieces of equipment, your crop would not grow as nice, because when you irrigate, the crop wouldn’t get watered evenly, and you wouldn’t have a crop that a top buyer would want, and you would have to sell your crop for a lesser price. The other equipment that is important would have to be your tractors. That’s a piece that goes together with the rest of the equipment, like the cultivator and your planter has to be pulled by a tractor.
The next thing to have on a really good farm are water rights. With the water right that you have, you will be able to irrigate your crops so they will grow. What water right means, is you have a share of water that you have already bought, and you know that you would automatically have that water when you needed it. They do that, because of the drought that we were in, you will always have water to water your crops if you have water rights. Farmers that don’t have water rights have to depend on Mother Nature to bring down the rains, and when you’re in a drought, that doesn’t always happen, and then your crops die because of lack of water.
With this said, you also need to spray your crops to keep bugs and weeds out so your crop will grow. If you don’t spray your crops, the bugs will eat the plants away until they are gone or die, and if you don’t spray for weeds, the weeds will choke the plant out until it dies, leaving you no crop. In this case, you water and wait for it to grow.
When the time comes that your crop is full grown, you start to harvest it, and you contact your buyer to let them know you will be bringing the crop to them so they can keep their production going. And you sell your crop to the buyer so you can keep your farm going by buying seed and equipment for the next season.
In the end, all the facts that I just told you are located on www.farmingtoday.com. So all in all, farm work is tough, and if people don’t know why people choose really tough jobs, I hope that I have given you enough facts to make you think twice, when a tough job comes along, not to always say no to them.
So I leave you with this saying, “Life is tough, but don’t ever let toughness bring you to a stall, and keep moving forward to bring food for us all.” So that is how to be a farmer and what it’s all about.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Winter Narrative
Dan Frank
Ms. Boresen
Expository Writing
6th Hour
1-14-09
Christmas Party
One of the things I did over Christmas break, was we had a fun party at my house with my family on Christmas day. The reason why it was so fun, was I got to do a lot of fun things with my family. The first thing we did when they came over, right away, we had to pick numbers out of a hat so we could have a surprise gift opening. The numbers were so you knew what order you got to pick a gift. Also, the big thing was, if you had a low number, you were kind of screwed, because if the person after you wanted the gift you picked, they could take it. So if you had a really cool gift, you could lose it easily.
The other reason why it was fun, is the food. My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes and gravy you could ever have. I ate a little too much, but it was all worth it, because it tasted so good.
My aunt brought over her WII game, and we had a bowling tournament against my whole family, and, yep, I won. Later in the day, I got to play my grandpa in pool. And let me tell you, he is a great pool player. I only won three games out of the seven we played.
My family usually picks the place where we are going to have the party, and it always seems like they pick my house. I think it is because we have a lot of fun at my house. The party is always supposed to start around 12:00, but it always seems like we start at 1:00, because my family always seems to be late.
I think the reason why I enjoyed it so much, was because I think it’s really cool to get to see all of my family together. I don’t get to see some of my cousins a lot, so it was great that we were all together on Christmas day.
The other reason why I liked it, was my girlfriend came over. I thought at first it was gonna be hard for her to communicate with my family, because she didn’t know everyone, but it all worked out. She jumped right in on all the games we played, and talked to my family, and I was really relieved to see that she felt comfortable and fit in so well. What can I say? Christmas was a blast with all my family and my girlfriend.
Later that night I went to her family Christmas party. It wasn’t too weird meeting her side of the family, because I knew most of them already, so I was pretty confident that I was gonna be fine. And I was right. Her family is really cool, because they’re really like mine. Her uncles were wrestlers, and so I had something in common to talk about when I was with them, and I didn’t feel uncomfortable around them at all. It was just a great time. It was fun being around them. So you could say that I really had a great time all day and even into the night.
So all in all, my Christmas, and hanging out with my family was a really great time, and being able to play games and eating good food. Also seeing my girlfriend and having her hang out with my family and being able to hang out with her family was a really great time.
My Christmas was great.
Ms. Boresen
Expository Writing
6th Hour
1-14-09
Christmas Party
One of the things I did over Christmas break, was we had a fun party at my house with my family on Christmas day. The reason why it was so fun, was I got to do a lot of fun things with my family. The first thing we did when they came over, right away, we had to pick numbers out of a hat so we could have a surprise gift opening. The numbers were so you knew what order you got to pick a gift. Also, the big thing was, if you had a low number, you were kind of screwed, because if the person after you wanted the gift you picked, they could take it. So if you had a really cool gift, you could lose it easily.
The other reason why it was fun, is the food. My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes and gravy you could ever have. I ate a little too much, but it was all worth it, because it tasted so good.
My aunt brought over her WII game, and we had a bowling tournament against my whole family, and, yep, I won. Later in the day, I got to play my grandpa in pool. And let me tell you, he is a great pool player. I only won three games out of the seven we played.
My family usually picks the place where we are going to have the party, and it always seems like they pick my house. I think it is because we have a lot of fun at my house. The party is always supposed to start around 12:00, but it always seems like we start at 1:00, because my family always seems to be late.
I think the reason why I enjoyed it so much, was because I think it’s really cool to get to see all of my family together. I don’t get to see some of my cousins a lot, so it was great that we were all together on Christmas day.
The other reason why I liked it, was my girlfriend came over. I thought at first it was gonna be hard for her to communicate with my family, because she didn’t know everyone, but it all worked out. She jumped right in on all the games we played, and talked to my family, and I was really relieved to see that she felt comfortable and fit in so well. What can I say? Christmas was a blast with all my family and my girlfriend.
Later that night I went to her family Christmas party. It wasn’t too weird meeting her side of the family, because I knew most of them already, so I was pretty confident that I was gonna be fine. And I was right. Her family is really cool, because they’re really like mine. Her uncles were wrestlers, and so I had something in common to talk about when I was with them, and I didn’t feel uncomfortable around them at all. It was just a great time. It was fun being around them. So you could say that I really had a great time all day and even into the night.
So all in all, my Christmas, and hanging out with my family was a really great time, and being able to play games and eating good food. Also seeing my girlfriend and having her hang out with my family and being able to hang out with her family was a really great time.
My Christmas was great.
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