Author Archives: Frank Hancock

About Frank Hancock

Frank Hancock has worked as a Farm Manager, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, Vice President at Snapper and currently serves as the University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Agent in Henry County. He is a also a member of the Heritage Writers Group.

Old tractors

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Now that I am retired, I have a little time to do some things that up until now time just didn’t allow. I just purchased an old 8N Ford tractor… Read more »

Iron-on patches

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I got up the other morning and one of my heifers was on the wrong side of the fence. My wife Bobbie found the place where she had walked through… Read more »

Customer service

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Recently the internet went down at home, so I thought I would spend a couple of hours trying to communicate with the provider’s answering machine. The recording says; “In order… Read more »

Establishing a farmers market

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With a growing number of small farms and local entrepreneurs, Susan Howington and I decided it would be good to establish a farmers market, a place where consumers could meet… Read more »

Retirement

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As I look back on my career, it seems that I have been working somewhere since I turned sixteen. That amounts to sixty years. For the past forty years I… Read more »

The crazy cat lady

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I recently attended a funeral, one that I never thought I would attend. My sister Kathy, the baby of the family, passed away due to complications of Covid. I don’t… Read more »