Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I CAN'T STAND THE SOUND!!
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Posted by Bonehead on June 11, 1998 at 15:43:26:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: I CAN'T STAND THE SOUND!! posted by Jim on June 10, 1998 at 18:55:45:
: To: Bonehead
: From: Pea-Brain : Perhaps I am out of my "pea-picking mind," or perhaps my miind is the size of a pea, but as Blake wrote, "No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wiings." I believe that the large machinery of modern farming, probably excluding the antique equipment of this page, has contributed drastically to the damage of the land and the displacement of the people. There isn't much that is massed produced that is better in quality to that which was produced simply with skill rather than automation. Take for example the tractors on this page; 50, 60 year old tractors still in use - quality materials and workmanship. How long do you expect the new ones to last? Could you do the same work on the new ones as you do your old one? I certainly know that what I engage in is hard work and I know it is not for everyone, but I do not view it as drudgery. I love it, and therefore it really isn't work, and since I believe that pleasure perfects work, I ultimately do a better job. I must also admit that one of the things that really troubles me is that the modern machinery and large acreage that is now commonly worked has made us more, and more dependent on corporations to produce the equipment, and chemicals needed to work farms in this manner. I worry that we are being duped, suckered if you will to pay for someone else's life style, to enrich non-producing corporations through the sweat and demise of hard working farmers. I do not think the factory mentality of the corporations translates well to the field of the farmer. I believe we have seen such factory practices ruin the land and destroy the small communities of the countryside. I believe that we are flying on borrowed wings; that our feathers are attached to our arms with wax; and like Icarus, we are flying too close to the sun, that we are perilously close to falling into the ocean. Dear Jim,
My response was directed to Trouble M., and it was in jest, sorry if I stepped on your toes in the process. I don't agree with your philosophy, nor do I think you are up to date on the modern farm practices as far as soil conservation and I certainly didn"t call you pea-brain. Stay in the shade and lighten up. ::::Bonehead
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