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So God Made a Farmer

Posted on the 26 February 2013 by Asoloaffair @a_solo_affair


Have you seen this Dodge Ram, “God Made a Farmer” Super Bowl Ad yet?  This fantastic speech was originally given by, Paul Harvey at a 1978 Future Farmers of America convention.  I think the writing is terrific!  Below is an excerpt of the speech that was cut out of the ad - and I just love it! I wish they would have kept it in.

I need somebody with arms strong enough to wrestle a calf and yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild; somebody to call hogs, tame cantankerous machinery, come home hungry, have to await lunch until his wife’s done feeding visiting ladies, then tell the ladies to be sure and come back real soon, and mean it

S.


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