As far as country smells, it depends. When growing up I enjoyed the smell of damp earth that gets blown from a far away thunderstorm (petrichor) or the smell of apple blossoms or hedge lilacs. (I do have 4 lilac bushes at this house!)
On the other hand, even though I grew up on the edge of town, I was 2 miles from a pig farm and always knew when the wind was from the southwest. Be glad you did not move in next to something like that! (SaraLee also had a factory in town about 3 miles south east of us and you always knew when they burned a run of pound cakes!)
From "Oklahoma" to the tune of "Oh the Farmer and cowboy can be friends" (Iowa version!)
"Oh a Hog Shed helps the hogs to live in style
And the profits that they bring make farmers smile
Runoff from the holding pond
Smells as bad as heck
As the people can attest round about for miles!"
Hopefully the "fragrance" of the cattle will not be too bad.
My niece raises hogs. She & hubby are rescuing some commercial farm fields & turning them into a regenerative farm. The hogs are pastured, no pens (but have shelters for shade & to get out of the weather). They are rotated to new fields, using electric fence so they have fresh grazing & don’t root up the soil too much. The two breeding sows are almost, but not quite, ‘pet’ level - they love belly rubs & will follow my niece & flop down in front of her, asking for a belly rub. They are good mamas & after the first litter, when babies were a new thing for them, they have become pretty tolerant about being in with the babies (but still have to keep an eye out & be safe). There is very little “smell” when raising hogs this way - a ‘good’ thing for sure! I have bought 2 half hogs from her & the meat is superior to pork from the grocery store.
BTW, going to the grocery & co-op hardware store (literally across the street from the grocery) is almost too easy! It’s about 5-7 minutes away, all country road (one stop sign) & no traffic until you get to the parking lot! The only hazard right now is dodging all the dead skunks on the road (plus I just missed a live one the other day). February is skunk breeding time around here & quite a few end up as road kill. Between here & the old house, I counted at least 8 deceased & stinking up the road.
Yesterday, I visited a small country market that is maybe 15 minutes away - pastured eggs, grassfed/finished beef, plus they have 3 gardens during the growing season & sell fresh produce. Whatever I don’t grow, I can get from them - I like buying “local” & supporting farmers.
Thanks so much!