Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history. – Dr. Carl Sagan
True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare. – G. K. Chesterton
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own – Samuel Johnson
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. – Edwin Markham
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
Our fathers used to say that the master’s eye was the best fertilizer. – Caius Plinius Secundus
And he gave it for his opinion, “that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. – Jonathan Swift
He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. – Douglas Jerrold
With the introduction of agriculture mankind entered upon a long period of meanness, misery, and madness, from which they are only now being freed by the beneficent operation of the machine. – Bertrand Russell
The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.
Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to it’s liberty and interests by the most lasting bands – Thomas Jefferson
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven….a time to be born & a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
To most people, this is just dirt. To a farmer, it is potential.
Some of us grew up playing with tractors, the lucky ones still do
I believe in the future of agriculture, with a faith born not of words but of deeds
Farming is not just a job, it’s a way of life
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. – Thomas Jefferson
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