To many people, a ranch is just a ranch, what's the difference? But just like a chef who's used to using knives from an old iron forge finds it hard to adjust to knives made by some foreign military industry, ranchers may accept increasing mechanization, but they see the excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides as damaging the land.
Many of the old ranchers' feelings for the ranch land are quite similar to the feelings Chinese farmers have for their own land.
Even if the skin color is different, many emotions are the same.
Old Sandy was really conflicted at this moment, his stubbornness had become his weakness. Stubborn people have enough persistence, and a lifetime of keeping their promises has made him want to backtrack but unable to say it at the moment.
