“Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.” MenMindMayFeelingsJoyDesireCultureEmotionAttitudeStudyMaterialsComfortSkillsImpulseAgricultureFortitudeMaterial ThingsLife Skills Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Here is my Farm Relief bill: Every time a Southerner plants nothing on his farm but cotton year after year, and the Northerner nothing but wheat or corn, why, take a hammer and hit him twice right between the eyes. You may dent your hammer, but it will do more real good than all the bills you can pass in a year.” YearsMayRealEyeBillsPlantReliefFarmsAgricultureHammersCornWheatCottonSouthernerNortherners Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams
“That we should have an agriculture based as much on petroleum as the soil-that we need petroleum exactly as much as we need food and must have it before we can eat-may seem absurd. It is absurd. It is nevertheless true.” NeedsShouldMaySeemsLandShould HaveAbsurdSoilAgricultureNeverthelessPetroleum Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture