200 word essay<\/a>, you can enter and just might win this contest to own a 20 acre farm, complete with 56 goats and a guard dog, in Elkmont, Alabama.\u00a0 Paul and Leslie Spell, of Humble Heart Farms, are moving to Central America where they will be teaching people how to start up operations for goat milk and goat cheese, etc.\u00a0 Not only will you “inherit” the farm, but you’ll get $20,000 in cash to cover first year operations.<\/p>\nSeems to me like a very clever way for the Spell family to get out from under Reconstruction, (but hey, we’ve all given that some thought).\u00a0 Meantime, if you’re trapped in the city, and you yearn for the country, here’s your opportunity to at least “purchase a chance” of winning.\u00a0 If you’re purty good with words, you have a better chance than most of us.\u00a0 It’s a clever raffle.\u00a0 What we used to call a gamble – and what more appropriate way to start a farm, because that’s what ALL farmers are – gamblers.<\/p>\n
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Now that I think about it, I’ve got 20 acres in Central Texas that’s covered in Mesquite Trees and Prickly Pear Cactus.\u00a0 Oughtta be perfect for goats.\u00a0 Nothing else could live on it.\u00a0 If you and 999 more kind folks will send me $150, along with a really entertaining hard-luck story, you jes’ might become the proud owner of Spiny Acres Ranch.\u00a0 With a little bit of skillful marketing, you could soon be sellin\u2019 all kinds of health-food products good for diabetics, from coffee and flour made from mesquite beans to prickly pear salsa and salads.\u00a0 I think we’ll call it a “Mesquite Plantation with orchards of Prickly Pear just about ready to harvest.”\u00a0 And I’ll throw in old Shep, too.\u00a0 He’s got experience with goats.\u00a0 (Which is why the neighbor jes’ build a new goat fence.)<\/p>\n
And if you don\u2019t like that idea, consider setting up an ethnic enclave with trailer houses.\u00a0 We\u2019re big on Equal Opportunity everything, and could help you get established.\u00a0 In fact, LeeRoy had a biznes plan once, along those line.\u00a0 He wuz gonna call it \u201cWhite Trash Estates and Trailer Park\u201d.\u00a0 For a case of Jack Daniels (black label) I think I kin git him to throw that in for free.<\/p>\n
I already know who the winner of the Spiney Acres Ranch lottery will be.\u00a0 That would be me.\u00a0 The grand, uh, loser will be the person whose name is drawn, and you do NOT need to be present to lose.\u00a0 Just send small, unmarked bills to \u201cBubba\u201d care of The Free Magnolia.\u00a0 When we\u2019ve got enough, I\u2019ll let you know.<\/p>\n
You may rest assured that Spiny Acres Ranch is completely uncompromised by any grants, subsidies, liens or other surprises.<\/p>\n
We could start a trend with all this marketing through raffles and lotteries.\u00a0 I\u2019ll betcha there\u2019s thousands of people who might like to unload their property on some unsuspectin\u2019 city dweller.\u00a0 And if anything\u2019s for certain, there\u2019s no end to them!<\/p>\n
I \u2018spect there\u2019s some real cheap real estate up in Baltimore \u2018bout now.\u00a0 At a Yankee dollar for each chance, I\u2019m wondering how long it would take to find enough suckers to pay for one vacant lot in between the guvmint housing and the welfare offices.\u00a0 That\u2019s what happens when the guvmint becomes yore sugar daddy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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