           Supplies for my experiement: Magstripe Card Reader
from eBay (about $50) My Driver's License         Today's action
recapped many themes of recent days with the manufacturing index
for one month swaying the results, the fight at S&P 1450 that
Mr. Sogi has emphasized, the fall below the Dow round of 14000,
and the bonds way up with stocks down, and the first day of the
month losing its verisimilitude, oil hitting $100, and this
being the first down open at the beginning of the year since
1994, among other things. In general, a totally beautiful day to
get one off on the wrong foot.    CornI have had many blessings
in my life to learn and grow. One area that I've been exposed to
since I bought my farm in 1999 is the economics of farming. What
I've learned over the years, I've learned through osmosis,
simply paying attention to what was going on around me.
Recently, the young man who owns the farm north of me approached
me about helping him farm his own land. They've been renting it
out (to another fa