Subj : Re: Daylight Savings
To   : ED VANCE
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Mar 21 2025 09:58 am

>  Speaking about animals in my last msg then reading Your next post had me
hin
> about Farmers who begin work when the Sun comes up.
> While writing this reply I thought about modern Farm equipment having
> Headlights and all the comfort of home (Heat, A/C, Radio etc.) .

> Farmers with that newer gear could start farming way B4 Sunrise if they
anted
> to.

I think that many of them do get started before the Sun is completely up.
I have friends that have a beef cattle farm, and also used to raise hogs.
I can remember being up with them before Sunrise/after Sunset, tending to
things in the farrowing house or shop.

The idea that farmers pushed for DST is mostly a myth.  IIRC, farmers in
Indiana were not all that thrilled once Indiana started observing DST
statewide.  Ironically, Indiana is supposedly one of the states that wants
to go back to standard time year around.  Guess they finally figured out
they had it right to begin with.


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