We must return to the Great Depression, what I have tagged the Great Desolation, because I don't believe its "Arrival" has been recognized for what it is, the DEATH of a Democracy based upon Agrarian Principles, (if Principles is to be used at all),,, and the Birth of Corporationism, to be recognized as THE 'Vehicle' that dragged Stone Age Practices, Customs and SUPERsticions into the Modern (Tractor) Era which further Evaporated Democracy Ideals and with them, the SOCIAL Reliance on one's Neighbors, one's Church and whatever Governmental Agency still available, (if any).
'The-Farming-Practices-of-the-Past', once "Tried and [found to be] True" could no longer be applied to, what I will tag `Expanse Farming". The Ancient had become Obsolete. It could no longer be Trusted. Indeed, in order to provided NATIONAL Harvests, Farmers were FORCED to Trust Agronomists.
Reliance on SELF was shifted to Reliance upon Machinery. No one Farmer was going (the fuck) ANYWHERE without Tractors and Implements, MACHINERY. The term "Hands On" was enlARGED to "Hands on the Steering Wheel". Farmers became OPERATORS. Once soiled jeans were now oil and grease laden. `In-Field-Time` that was once dependent upon Horse, Mule and Oxen could be exp a n d e d even beyond Daylight Hours, since Tractors became equipped with Head and Ass Lamps. A Farmer's Day need not know Darkness.
