Basically, I try to fulfill “all duties as assigned” while trying to keep our household afloat with a few homemade embellishments. The speech borrowed a few phrases from a 1975 article written by Harvey in the Gadsden Times, which was itself inspired by parts of a 1940 definition of a dirt farmer published in The Farmer-Stockman.

For my mom’s birthday, I put together a version of “So God Made a Farmer’s Wife.” It was edited and reedited several times to make it customized to my mom’s experiences. ( Log Out /  He may have been a city boy from the get-go, but he nevertheless had the makings for a farmer. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4540749582151874";

Paul Harvey will always remind me of my grandpa, who loved him. God said, “I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt… and watch it die, then dry his eyes and say ‘Maybe next year.’  I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from a persimmon sprout, shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire, who can make a harness out of hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. Made a Farmer' Speech to the FFA, delivered November x��[[w�>�ъ�clH0L�4㓝�����Ɖ���Xy��y�%�I�d�/�g$�8U=3�ջ=�����������W5�y�Z. “I need somebody with arms strong enough to wrestle a calf and yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild…somebody to call hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come home hungry, have to wait for lunch until his wife’s done feeding visiting ladies – then tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon – and mean it.”  So God made a farmer. It seems strange that part of his legacy should be a superbowl commercial. It almost felt like a collective refreshing of the nation; sweet water being poured into the dry cracks of our stretched and entitled souls. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Netanyahu at U.S. Congressional Podium – and at the Precipice? his wife’s done feeding visiting ladies, then tell the ladies to be They are both ambitious, hardworking, humble and level headed. Who, planting time and harvest season, will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, painin’ from tractor back, put in another 72 hours.” So God made a farmer. It was his joy to work hard in this regard. Title: Microsoft Word - Document1 Created Date: 8/9/2014 9:40:03 PM A farmer’s kids.

In other blogs I follow, I’ve seen the Super Bowl version posted today, for good reason:  It was the single best commercial shown. They have most things they need and have personal tastes for what they don’t. The speech borrowed a few phrases from a 1975 article written by Harvey in the Gadsden Times, which was itself inspired by […] somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in God said, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board.” So God made a farmer. These youth are a rarity in today’s world.

( Log Out /  then dry his eyes and say, 'Maybe next year.' This riveting narration is by Paul Harvey — a recording of a speech he gave in 1978 at the 51st Future Farmers of America (FFA) National Convention in Kansas City, MO.

( Log Out /  Mar 7, 2018 - Explore Jayne Eichacker's board "So God Made a Farmer" on Pinterest. You’ll find that I am always trying to come up with an idea for homemade or personalized gifts. Farming was a substantial part of my dad’s life from the day he was born to a farmer. Well, I feel as though I hit the jackpot of similar qualities when I married my husband.

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