Imagine it is 1880. the civil war has been over for 15 years. economic conditions in the town you live in have deteriorated, and you are struggling to make ends meet. you decide to try your luck out west, where there is plenty of land and plenty of opportunity. before leaving, you must decide what you will do out west—be a miner, a cowboy, or a farmer. each presents its own opportunities and difficulties.

If I lived in the 1880s and had the choice of either being a miner, cowboy, or farmer.  I think the choice is easily to be a farmer, cowboys make little money for their hard, hard, hard work.  If I recall they make $25 - $40 dollars a month.  As a farmer, I would make more money growing, and selling crops.

I would get wider land options and I would have much more space to work and I would get much more property.  Property for a farmer is money, of course a farmers life isn’t easy but I’ve come to think it would be easier then a miners and a cowboys.  Miners practically kill themselves, and their death rate is high while cowboys face grueling work in the hard sun with no protection from the elements.  

As a farmer of course I would face difficulties, I may have competition or the weather may not be on my side but it would differ from where I am.  Also, if you were a miner you would be at risk of caving while mining.  If you were a cowboy, you would be at risk of falling into a hole or being trampled by scared livestock. I would heavily depend on the seasons, I would be at risk for wolves or other predators of killing my livestock and if summer was too hot, it will dry the very soil I solely depend on to live.  Also, in winter if it gets too cold it could kill the livestock that I eat, raise, and sell.   The reason I decided to be a farmer because it was the safest and best option out of the three.  Being a miner, I could easily die, being a cowboy, I could be trampled or die from exhaustion.  I make more money as a farmer then I would as any of the other options with the benefit of a secure and safe home.

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