Farming Quotes
The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.
David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.68
Brian Brett (2009). “Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life”, p.16, Greystone Books Ltd
The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.
Thomas Jefferson, Jean M. Yarbrough (1963). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.18, Hackett Publishing
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
Edward Dahlberg (1964). “Alms for oblivion: essays”
Wendell Berry (2010). “Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food (Large Print 16pt)”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com
Ruth Stout (1987). “How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening”, Fireside
"Natural History".
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.109, Cornell University Press