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1.1

JimDohertymaynotbeabornfarmer,buthegetsbuywithouttoomuchtrouble.

Notthathehashaditeasy.Thatfirsthardwinterhefacedmusthavelefthimwith

thetemptationtogiveupandgobacktothecity.Buthemanagedtogetthroughit

withoutlosingheart.He’spickedupalotofskillssincethenandmadesomereal

improvementstohisfarm,thoughwithoutmuchlaborsavingmachineryasidefrom

thatoldrotarycultivator.Isuspecthedoesn’tmakeallthatmuch,thoughhedoes

havehiswritingtosupplementwhatlittleprofithemakesfromthefarm.Iguesshe

doesitprimarilyforthequalityoflife.Certainly,theyseemahappyfamilyandyou

canoftenseethemoutworkingtogether,onedaysprayingappletrees,thenext

stackingfirewood.

1.2

Ahomesteader(自耕农)isapersonwholivesaself-reliantlifestylewithmajor

emphasisonhomeproduction.whiletheIndustrialAgeisbeingreplacedby

informationandelectronics,somepeopletrytoseekanescapefromthesocial,

environmental,andeconomicmadnessofthemodernageandbegintoconsider

returningtothecountry.Asthislifestyleissoenjoyable,satisfyingandrewarding,

moreandmorepeoplearepreparedtoquittheirjobinthecityandstartanewand

moremeaningfullifeontheirvariousfarms.Forsomeithasbecomenotonlyaway

oflife,butawayoflookingattheworld.

Ofcourse,lifeinthecountrycanbeprettytough.Whileitisanenjoymenttobeso

closetoNature,youmayhavetoreduceyourdependence