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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Well, this post came to the HOMESTEAD folder properly. Perhaps new 
subscribers are coming on with a new address for homestead?


At 04:14 PM 7/21/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> . . . here's a farmer story:
>
> A man owned a small farm in Kansas. The Kansas Wage and Hour Department
> claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to
> interview him. "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,"
> demanded the agent.
>
> "Well, there's my field hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600
> a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and
> I pay her $500 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit
> who works here about 18 hours a day. He makes $10 a week and I buy him a
> bottle of bourbon every Saturday night," replied the farmer.
>
> "That's the guy I want to talk to--the half-wit," says the agent.
>
> "That would be me," replied the farmer sadly.
>
>
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