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SPECIAL FAIR & RODEO SECTION
The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, August 18, 1977
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A Farmer's Creed
I believe a man's greatest possession is his dignity and
that no calling bestows this more abundantly than
farming.
I believe hard work and honest sweat are the building
blocks of a person's character.
I believe that farming, despite its hardships and dis
appointments, is the most honest and honorable
way a man can spend his days on this earth.
I believe farming nurtures the close family ties that
make life rich in ways money can't buy.
I believe my children are learning values that will last
a lifetime and can be learned in no other way.
I believe farming provides education for life and that
no other occupation teaches so much about birth,
growth and maturity in such a variety of ways.
I believe many of the best things in life are indeed
free: the splendor of a sunrise, the rapture of wide
open spaces, the exhilarating sight of your land
greening each spring.
I believe true happiness comes from watching your
crops ripen in the field, your children grow tall in the
sun, your whole family feel the pride that springs from
their shared experience.
I believe that by my toil I am giving more to the world
than I am taking from it, an honor that does not come
to all men. '
I believe my life will be measured ultimately by what I
have done for my fellow man, and by this standard I
fear no judgement.
I believe when a man grows old and sums up his days,
he should be able to stand tall and feel pride in the life
he's lived.
I believe in farming because it makes all this possible.
VJe lire proud to serve them.
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FARMER OWNED AND CONTROLLED