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Holding On To Rural Ethic
Only by soaring high above the
everyday scene is it possible to
take in the whole picture. What
picture? In our case it’s the farm
scene. Not only our little segment
that we like to call the Dairy
Business, but the whole of
agriculture. We are all in the same
boat, and what affects the dairy
business, will have its impact on
the rest of the farm scene.
The cliche, “It’s hard to soar
when you’re working with a bunch
of turkeys”, is more humor than
fact. The truth is, you and I are not
a flock of mindless fowl. Farmers
1986 Schedule of Events
ROUTE
DIRECTIONS
How fo get to the West End Fair
WPenn o Tump,ke (Ex.t 34) fake Route 209 North for 4.7.9 p. M . . JHE MILESTONES
7:30 P.M. ■ CLASS B TRACTOR PULL
8:00 P.M. - THE LEISURE SQUARES
From Rt 33 to Rt 209 South 7 miles
From Rt 80 to Rt 115 - South on Rt 209 S
SATURDAY: AUG. 30-
11:00 A.M.-THE PK’S
4-7-9 P.M. - THE RONNIE PROPHET
—----- - SHOW
FREE PARKING
AOMKSfONb $3.00 ov*rl 2 year, of
Incivd#* ollStoa# o«d Ar*no Sho**.
fromßt SOtoßt 715 ■ South to Rt 209 S
agriculture buildings Smllie The Clown &
Open Doily 12 00 Noon to 10 P M Cif*CUS GoIOXV
Except Wednesday and Saturday
10 00 A M to 10 OOP M The Antique Engine,
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have become an elite group of
individuals, comprising an ever
smaller minority of the total
population. Our greatest danger
from occupying that position is
that we get so busy and intrigued
by what we are doing that we fail to
comprehend the whole.
Our unique obligation to the
whole of humanity is not only to
feed them. We are already doing
that only too well. We have an even
bigger obligation to humankind.
That is to find a way to spread our
rural ethic of hard work, honest
dealing, and love of the land to the
MEMBER
SUNDAY: AUG. 24-
8:00 A.M. - West End Fair Open
Horse Show
-Entering of Exhibits
- VESPER SERVICE
11:00 A.M
6:30 P.M,
MONDAY: AUG. 25 -
7:00 P.M. - PLEASANT VALLEY
H.S. BAND
8:00 P.M. - DEMOLITION DERBY
TUESDAY: AUG. 26-
- sth Annual Fiddling Contest
- ROYAL LI FIZZ AN
STALLIONS
6:30 P.M
8:00 P.M
WEDNESDAY: AUG. 27-
Sr. Citizen Day
12:00 Noon-BIG BAND
AMBASSADORS
1:00 P.M.-OPEN FUN SHOW
4-7 & 9 P.M. - THE BONNIE NELSON
SHOW
7:00 P.M. - GYMKHANA HORSE SHOW
8.00 P.M. - THE LEISURE SQUARES
THURSDAY: AUG. 28-
CHILDREN’S DAY
1:00 P.M. - CHILDREN’S CONTESTS
4-7-9P.M.-GRESHAM
6:00P.M.-CHILDREN'S
PRESENTATIONS
8:00P.M.-DEMODERBY
FRIDAY: AUG. 29-
DAILY APPEARANCES BY
Tractor & Toy Club
NICHOLAS AMUSEMENTS ON
THE MIDWAY - NOON TO 11 P.M
rest of the world.
Not that we as fanners have the
only handle on these things. There
is a large segment of society that
maintains the same ethic. But
there is an even larger segment
that has little exposure to the kind
of rural culture that made
America great. The rural ethic is
made up of a lot of little things—
things that we take for granted.
Closely tied to the standards
implied and founded on
Christianity, most of what we call
a ‘Rural Ethic’ is really founded on
Judeo-Christian teaching. Stated
almost too simply, it is grounded in
love for your neighbor, love of the
land, your animals, and the
beauties of creation.
Farm life seems to promote and
expand that kind of Ethic. It can be
applied to business dealings, as
well as every aspect of everyday
farm operations. When seeds are
sown with hope and optimism, it
will be done with all the care
necessary .to get results. When the
crop is sold with the same
charitable attitude, the business
deal is consumated with all parties
satisfied. The Rural ethic is alive
and well.
The same applies to the way we
express our love for the animals
we work with and that work for us.
They are chattels, but for the true
husbandman, they are more. They
become almost a part of the
family, and our human emotions
are often imparted to their care
and tending.
The world is too full of the
brothers of Judas, who are willing
to sell drugs to our youth, trade
secrets to competitors, and our
country’s defense secrets to
potential enemies,—all for a fast
dollar, and with no thought for the
welfare of their fellow men. The
pursuit of this kind of non-ethic can
only be destructive to society as a
whole. It can even invade our
rural-Christian ethic, if we let it.
Our farm publications give air to
the latest ideas on how to deal with
modem problems. Some are valid,
and some are false. Read them
with care, and be alert to shallow
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and self-serving doctrines. 'Be
aware that there are false
prophets, very glib of tongue and
therefore very convincing in their
arguments. There are also honest,
sound thinkers who have good
ideas about the trends in
agriculture. Our task is to sort
them out and help expand on their
ideas, and to help others un
derstand the truth.
The future of our Agricultural
economy will depend on how well
this small minority of people now
engaged in working the soil
maintain their Rural ethic. The
Ethic of work, honest dealings, and
love for the land as well as their
fellow man can be expanded. Only
the high-flying eagle can see the
whole landscape below, and only
the high-minded person can see
beyond the cracks and crevasses of
the crumbling morals of modern
society.
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