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February 15, 2006 A Farm Pond In Lodi, Va
Rural America has always been dotted with small family farms, and the ones that raise
livestock usually have a farm pond or two for the animals to drink from. Some of
these ponds can be quite large - like small lakes really, but most of them tend
to be just large enough to provide an ample supply of drinking water for the
number of livestock on hand.
Of course many of these farm ponds are used for other things as well, such as
swimming, boating and fishing. I remember how my sister and I used to head to
the woods to "dig up some fishing worms" as an incentive for
our dad to take us
swimming. It usually worked too!
Off we would go to one of our favorite ponds with the car loaded down with kids
and fishing gear. Upon arrival, dad would head to one side of the pond and start
catching bass, bream, or whatever was "biting" that day. Us kids would head to
the other side and start acting like fools in the water. It was one of life's
true win-win situations!
Sadly, many small family farms are now going away. The remaining livestock is
sold off and the weathered old barns are torn down to make way for housing
developments or a strip mall - and the ponds usually disappear right along with
the farms. Every time I see another plot of farmland being carved up into
building lots or paved to build a parking lot for a new "Big Box" store I
realize that America has lost yet another branch of its agricultural roots.
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