00:00My father, he joined the 12th Light Horse, and he said he was in the 12th Light Horse with some
00:05very nice young country blokes, and he thought he'd give it a go.
00:10And he got one or two blocks at Narrabri, 4th of March 1917.
00:16He drew this block, cut his way through the scrub off the road, and pitched his tent.
00:23He said it was the loneliest night he ever put in his life.
00:26He said he was dead scared on Gallipoli, but not as scared as he was in the scrub all night.
00:32He became a first-class wheat grower named Sheep, and when we left school, we joined in the company, in
00:40the business, and we called us Dan Cartman & Sons.
00:42We didn't know how to grow cotton.
00:46I decided to take over.
00:47From 1966 to 2026, we're picking our last crop because we're selling our whole farm, and we're delighted that we
00:59are keeping the money into Australia.
01:02But during that time, we've been through many things.
01:04We've been through insects, partly sold by genetically modified cotton.
01:09We've come across a lot more problems over the years.
01:13We've increased our yields by about 600 or 700 percent, but so has all our expenses, like fuel and fertiliser,
01:20interference from government organisations.
01:25After 59 years, but we think it's the right thing for us to do at this time of thing.
01:31We've got to pick up our football and go home.
01:33We've got to pick up our football and go home.
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