the structure on the right is an old milk parlor for milking cows, but now the farm serves only two purposes. the owner rents the house to one person and the land to another who bales the hay. when i was growing up, i frequently heard America referred to as the breadbasket of the world. not so much anymore.
— i said that
I have been beset with a sense of urgency to record those parts of our heritage which seem to be receding as quickly as the view from the rear of a speeding train. I fear that we are eradicating the evidence of our past accomplishments so quickly that in time we may well lose the sense of who we are.
— David Plowden said that