Farm Beautiful Contest

I would love to see one of you readers win the Successful Farming Farm Beautiful Contest.

"HOW TO ENTER: There are two (2) ways to enter during the Contest Period:
Online: Visit www.agriculture.com/farmbeautiful and follow the instructions provided to complete the entry form and upload up to twelve (12) color photos and a written description of the farmstead, including the history, what was done to develop the landscape and how the layout accommodates farming activities in 500 words or less. Photos must be in .jpeg format and cannot be larger than 5MB in size. Or

Mail: In an envelope with proper postage affixed, include: up to twelve (12) 4"x6" color photos of your farmstead, a written description of the farmstead, including the history, what was done to develop the landscape and how the layout accommodates farming activities (in 500 words or less), and your name, address, and telephone number and send to Successful Farming – Farm Beautiful Contest, 1716 Locust St., LS-257, Des Moines, IA 50309-3023 (each, an "Entry"). (Photos will not be returned.)

All Entries are final upon submission. Entering the Contest online will automatically register entrant at www.agriculture.com if entrant has not already registered. Entries generated by script, mechanical, macro or other automated means or practices, or by any means which subvert the entry process will be void. Online Entries must be submitted by 10:59 p.m. C.T. on July 1, 2014, and mail Entries must be postmarked on or before July 1, 2014, and received by July 9, 2014 to be eligible. All Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned."

We have seen some beautiful farms in our travels and some of you own them!  Pennsylvania and Iowa have some of the most beautiful farmsteads we have seen but Ohio has its share.  Every state has beautiful farms and we have been privileged to see some of them.

This would be a good title to hand down to the grand children, you know?

Ed

We think the old windmill on the Ertl farm is gone now since they tiled that farm.  It's not in our view anymore.  So much fencerow is gone we can see a house from our back porch on Doak Road we couldn't see before.