A farmer from the Midwest was sharing insights about his way of life with a group of city dwellers on a tour.<\/p>\n
“One advantage of being in this profession,” he shared, “is having built-in weather predictions.”<\/p>\n
Curious, one of the visitors asked, “What do you mean by that?”<\/p>\n
The farmer clarified, “When the cows are standing, it indicates that there’s unlikely to be rain in the next twenty-four hours. When they’re lying down, it means rain is on the way.”<\/p>\n
During the bus trip, another visitor chimed in, saying, “I noticed half the herd standing and the other half lying down. What does that mean?”<\/p>\n
The farmer grinned and replied, “That means half of them are incorrect.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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