The Farmer

(by Jeff Ditzenberger) Today is a day I'll not soon forget. As I was combining today, I was unloading into the auger cart and I saw a vehicle go by a couple times slowly and then pull over and stop. I had a minor repair to make and the vehicle stayed. I was a little …

Michigan Facts

Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant. Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry. Elsie is the home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd. Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and magnesium compounds and second …

Sharing

(author unknown) There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford …

Food For Thought

(author unknown) 1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes. 2. If you sit for more than eleven hours a day, there's a 50% chance you'll die within the next three years. 3. There are at least six people in the world who look exactly like you. There's …

Sage Advice

(author unknown, adapted for this article) #1 Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. #2 Realize that you are not Atlas and the world does not rest on your shoulders. #3 Stop bargaining with vegetable and fruit vendors. A few pennies more will not burn a …

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

DONALD TRUMP: I've been told by my many sources, good sources - they're very good sources - that the chicken crossed the road. All the Fake News wants to do is write nasty things about the road, but it's a really good road. It's a beautiful road. Everyone knows how beautiful it is. JOE BIDEN: …

Old-fashioned Skills that Should be Remembered and Practiced

How to write a letter.How to make a phone call.How to take a message.How to get to know an older person.How to play with a baby.How to sew on a button and mend a small tear.How to make a genuine apology.How to read slowly and retain the information.How to hammer a nail and use basic …

Advice from a Tree

Stand tall and be proud. Go out on a limb. Reach for the sky. Adapt to change. Branch out. Stay grounded. Remember your roots. Drink plenty of water. Get rid of dead wood. Be confident. Never stop growing. Bend before you break. Turn over a new leaf. Enjoy the view.

So God Made a Farmer

(by Paul Harvey) And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer. God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk cows again, eat supper and then go to town …