Horse-and-Plow Farming Making a Comeback - News

[Guest guest]

Good old Lynn Miller and Small Farmer's Journal! As soon as I saw the

"Sisters, Oregon" location-line in the header, I imediately suspected he

had something to do with it. When we were publishing Hare Krsna Rural

Life, I always thought of Small Farmer's Journal as my model.

 

ys

hkdd

 

Mark Middle Mountain wrote:

 

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I think that was Sastra prabhu driving the oxen. Is anyone working oxen

at Alachua any more?

 

ys

hkdd

 

dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

 

>Small Farmer's Journal actually had the Alachua Temple/Farm featured in an

>article in 1984 (if I remember correctly). It featured their Ox program and

>"ISKCON Implements," a devotee temple-sponsored business that imported animal

>driven farm implements from Latin America.

>

>A really nice devotee there named Akincina Krishna has it laminated. There

were

>great pictures of devotees driving the oxen four abreast and sometimes two

>teams of four abreast in tendem (8 animals). People would stop their cars on

>the side of the road to watch as the main fields were right in front of the

>farm - the artical cited this fact. Great preaching!

>

>~ Gopal Das

>

>

>Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

>Mark Middle Mountain <gourdmad (AT) ovnet (DOT) com>

>Cc: Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:23 -0400

>Re: Horse-and-Plow Farming Making a Comeback - News

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>

>Good old Lynn Miller and Small Farmer's Journal! As soon as I saw the

>"Sisters, Oregon" location-line in the header, I imediately suspected he

>had something to do with it. When we were publishing Hare Krsna Rural

>Life, I always thought of Small Farmer's Journal as my model.

>

>ys

>hkdd

>

>Mark Middle Mountain wrote:

>

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Not that I know of, but I've been out of contact w/ Alachua for three years -

there was no one working at that time. Anyone on the conference from Alachua?

 

~ Gopal

 

 

Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com

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Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:19:48 -0400

Re: Horse-and-Plow Farming Making a Comeback - News

 

 

I think that was Sastra prabhu driving the oxen. Is anyone working oxen at

Alachua any more?

 

ys

hkdd

 

dasgopal (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

Small Farmer's Journal actually had the Alachua Temple/Farm featured in an

article in 1984 (if I remember correctly). It featured their Ox program and

"ISKCON Implements," a devotee temple-sponsored business that imported animal

driven farm implements from Latin America.

 

A really nice devotee there named Akincina Krishna has it laminated. There were

great pictures of devotees driving the oxen four abreast and sometimes two

teams of four abreast in tendem (8 animals). People would stop their cars on

the side of the road to watch as the main fields were right in front of the

farm - the artical cited this fact. Great preaching!

 

~ Gopal Das

 

 

Noma Petroff <npetroff (AT) bowdoin (DOT) edu>

Mark Middle Mountain <gourdmad (AT) ovnet (DOT) com>

Cc: Cow (Protection and related issues) <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:23 -0400

Re: Horse-and-Plow Farming Making a Comeback - News

 

 

Good old Lynn Miller and Small Farmer's Journal! As soon as I saw the

"Sisters, Oregon" location-line in the header, I imediately suspected he

had something to do with it. When we were publishing Hare Krsna Rural

Life, I always thought of Small Farmer's Journal as my model.

 

ys

hkdd

 

Mark Middle Mountain wrote:

 

 

http://news./s/ap/20050722/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene

 

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[Guest guest]

>There were

> great pictures of devotees driving the oxen four abreast and sometimes two

> teams of four abreast in tendem (8 animals).

 

I just got a memorial CD for my grandfather. He was born in the 1890s in

South Africa. When he was 3 weeks old, his family moved from one area to

another and my great grandfather drew a picture of the wagon they used. It

was included on the CD. The wagon was pulled by a 16 oxen hitch. No

indication who the driver or owner of the wagon was.

[Guest guest]

> I think that was Sastra prabhu driving the oxen. Is anyone working oxen

> at Alachua any more?

 

Unfortunately, no. One of our new co-directors, Rama Vigraha prabhu is

trying to revive the farm aspect of New Raman Reti, but it will take some

time.

 

Your servant,

Pancaratna das

[Guest guest]

> > I think that was Sastra prabhu driving the oxen. Is anyone working oxen

> > at Alachua any more?

>

> Unfortunately, no. One of our new co-directors, Rama Vigraha prabhu is

> trying to revive the farm aspect of New Raman Reti, but it will take some

> time.

 

 

Especially since anyone in agriculture is always expected to live several

income brackets below the ambient.

[Guest guest]

I think I do remember that Rama Vigraha prabhu was working the oxen at

Gita-nagari, at least for a little while.

 

When Rama Vigraha and his wife Mitravindra first arrived at Gita-nagari, I

taught his son Raghunatha some English. He learned very quickly. I suppose he

must be college-age by now. Is the whole family still at New Ramana Reti, or

have some married and moved elsewhere? Are any of Rama Vigraha's children

still interested in farming?

 

It's very good to hear that Rama Vigraha wants to revive ox power at Alachua.

It's also good that he's planning it out carefully before jumping in. Gasoline

will not get any cheaper. The day is coming soon when ox power will be a

potent preaching tool.

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

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Pancaratna ACBSP <Pancaratna.ACBSP (AT) pamho (DOT) net>

Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:30 pm

Re: Horse-and-Plow Farming Making a Comeback - News

 

> > I think that was Sastra prabhu driving the oxen. Is anyone

> working oxen

> > at Alachua any more?

>

> Unfortunately, no. One of our new co-directors, Rama Vigraha

> prabhu is

> trying to revive the farm aspect of New Raman Reti, but it will

> take some

> time.

>

> Your servant,

> Pancaratna das

>

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[Guest guest]

Dandavad. Prabhupada kijaya!

 

> When Rama Vigraha and his wife Mitravindra first arrived at Gita-nagari, I

> taught his son Raghunatha some English. He learned very quickly. I

> suppose he must be college-age by now. Is the whole family still at New

> Ramana Reti, or have some married and moved elsewhere?

 

They are both married and living in Alachua. Raghunath studied

communications in college.

 

>Are any of Rama

> Vigraha's children still interested in farming?

 

Not that I know of.

 

 

>

> It's very good to hear that Rama Vigraha wants to revive ox power at

> Alachua. It's also good that he's planning it out carefully before jumping

> in. Gasoline will not get any cheaper. The day is coming soon when ox

> power will be a potent preaching tool.

 

Yes.

 

Your servant,

Pancaratna das