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I grew up on a dairy farm. Every day we would milk the cows, and we would get paid every couple of weeks. It wasn't a large amount, but it was consistent. On the other hand, people who grew crops or raised cattle for meat would receive one very large paycheque once a year. Those farmers had new cars every year. They also had a slight disdain for the dairy farmers who toiled every day. That is until economic conditions changed.

The Dairy Industry in Canada works under a system of supply management. This Milk Marketing Board arrived at a price that met farmers' costs (and provided a reasonable income) and was affordable for consumers to pay. If the farmers produced more than their quota, the marketing board paid for the surplus at a lower rate commensurate with the world market price. On the other hand, farmers who did not produce under a supply management system were exposed to higher risk. Some years they did not receive enough to pay for their costs. It is not uncommon for many of those farmers and their wives to work in other industries to pay for the privilege of farming. There is an unfunny joke about how to become a millionaire as a farmer. Start as a multi-millionaire.

I am applying the lessons that I learned about supply management (I wrote an Honours thesis on the topic at University) to create a consistent income on Steem for anyone interested in participating. The process is straightforward.

• Create a post every day (or as frequently as possible)
• Promote another's post within that post
• Connect with other people who support your work and discuss becoming beneficiaries for each other.
• Encourage these others to create other groups of beneficiaries.
• By setting up a network of beneficiaries, everyone will receive a little every day. If one has to go on hiatus, it won't interfere with this incremental income.

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Filenin Sultanları Avrupa Şampiyonasında/Sultans of the Net at the European Championship by @ozenozge

Ozenozge wrote this article in Turkish, so have your translator handy. It is on the surface about promoting Turkey's Women's Volleyball team, but it is more than that. It is about pride. (As I write this, I want to include @enveng in my comments. She gave a reply supporting Ozenozge.)

Pride is vital if it is for the right reasons. In this case, I think that many little girls in Turkey can look at these athletes and know that anything is possible. I have had a couple of replied messages with both Ozenozge and Enveng. As I read more of their posts, I see two young women who deserve to take pride in themselves. It goes beyond that. As I reflect on this, it has been an honour to interact with the two briefly. It increases my pride that I have had the opportunity to interact with so many different people on this platform.

My father, Percy, is in his 90s. In no way could he be considered famous. Whenever any of his friends have travelled and talked to their neighbours on the airplane they are always asked the same question when the discussion turns to where they are from - Owen Sound. They are always asked, "Do you know Percy Warrilow?" I share some of my father's love for other people especially when he would travel and talk with strangers. Isn't this world so amazing?

In this post, I am assigning the following as 10 percent beneficiaries:

@starrchris
@leicorp1
@disconnect
@ftz
@ozenozge
@enveng

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