In a message dated 1/25/03 3:54:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>"I'm also reminded that, like one friend of mine,
>people who work in small towns often buy an old farm
>house and live in it, while contracting out to some
>neighbor or farming friend to do a little bit of
>farming on the land the buyer doesn't use for
>residential purposes."
>
>Is that what they call "gentleman farming"?

Well my friend generally acted like a gentleman, but he also spends most of 
his time on the verge of bankruptcy, so he probably doesn't qualify as a 
gentleman farmer.  Sam Donaldson, on the other hand, who often acts in an 
ungentlemanly manner, collects substantial federal mohair subsidies, and 
therefore might be considered a gentleman farmer.

DBL

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