Farmer Maggot is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe, introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring.
He lives on a farm called Bamfurlong in the Marish region of the Eastfarthing of the Shire. Mushrooms, highly prized edibles among Hobbits, grow abundantly on his land, and Farmer Maggot often has to deal with other Hobbits stealing them, which is one reason he keeps a pack of large, fierce dogs.
Farmer Maggot and his farmstead have been interpreted as an example of Tolkien's vision of an idealised rural life. Although the Hobbit society regards the farming business higher than other peoples of Middle-earth do, even Frodo is not free of "class snobbishness" towards Maggot and in addition, both Frodo and Maggot recall a negative encounter from Frodo's youth. Maggot himself displays the "typical suspiciousness of the Shire" by denouncing the people of Hobbiton, Frodo's home town.
During their quest of the Ring, however, Maggot turns out to be protective and helpful, a turn that has been noted as evidence how Tolkien enjoyed reversing negative expections in his readership and his characters. Also the title "Farmer" is ultimately meant to be honorific and a scene where Frodo, Merry and Pippin are invited for supper at Maggot's house is another favourable portrayal of farm life. Maggot and another character, Farmer Cotton who in the end becomes Samwise's father in law, are two examples of a detailed description of steadfast Hobbit farmers. These two characters have been seen as "bookends" to The Lord of the Ring's plot with Maggot providing help to Frodo and his companions in the beginning and Cotton being a crucial figure in "The Scouring of the Shire", i.e. the liberation of the Shire from Saruman's occupation towards the end of the story.
In The Fellowship of the Ring:
A Black Rider rides up nearly to Farmer Maggot's door and asks about Baggins. Farmer Maggot fearfully tells the Black Rider that all the Baggins' live in Hobbiton. He then quickly stumbles back inside his home and closes the door.
As Frodo and Sam are making their way through his fields, they are run into by Merryand Pippin. Farmer Maggot can be heard chasing them as they end up rushing off the steep edge of his fields.
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THE CACHE
Cache: hobbits like riddle and so does Farmer Maggot.
The cache is at N 34° 48.A78 W 092° 24.CD3
Number of letters of the answer to following question.
A= What am I?
I have rivers without water,
Forests without trees,
Mountains without rocks,
Towns without houses.
B= What is easy to get into, but hard to get out of?
C = What flies around all day but never goes anywhere?
D= What is it?
Only one color, but not one size;
stuck to the ground, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain;
doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
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