Picture of the day - October 29, 2008

Windmill "Farming"

Photo courtesy of Robert Schwarztrauber. Here in the USA many of our farmers are finding it harder each and every year to make a decent living by working their land and growing the livestock and crops we all need in order to survive. Some have found success by switching gears and growing things they have never grown before, but others have made the painful decision to simply get out of the farming business altogether. Photographer Robert Schwarztrauber recently stumbled across one such farm that not only "switched gears", it switched entire industries - yet the property still remains a "farm" in a very real sense. Here is Mr. Schwarztrauber with an explanation: "Here's an unexpected photo opportunity that I ran across while out in the country in search of fall color scenes. It seems the farmers can make more planting one of these wind powered generators on their land than they can by planting and tending crops! Looks like these two were just the start. I saw foundations for half a dozen more being built. Or maybe you can just get more juice out of one of these windmills cheaper than you can trying to use corn for gasoline??? Didn't farmers used to grow food? Anyway...it made a pretty picture. I don't make the scenes, I just shoot 'em."     --Robert Schwarztrauber   Click here to comment on this picture.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!                                 Place the "Picture of the Day" on your website, for free! Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"