Our Inspiration Self help is our motto Rayat

Our Inspiration

“ Self help is our motto ” Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s Swami Ramanand Vidyalaya & Jr. College, Ramanandnagar (Burli).

Mr. Yesugade S. D. B. A. B. Ed.

English Std. : - th 9

Topic 8. 1 MY FARMER FATHER

8. 1 MY FARMER FATHER Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

My father is a farmer, His heart is in the soil, It’s there he finds his solace, Among the grimy toil. Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

He plants the seed in springtime, The corn, the beans, the hay, He prays that God would bless it, A harvest, Lord, I pray. Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

He tills and cultivates it, Provids the most tender care, Belives that come October, He’ll reap a harvest fair. Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

My father is a farmer. That’s all he’ll ever be. The values that the land taught him, He handed down to me. Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

Blue skies are his cathedral, A tractor, his alter of prayers, God meets his in the cornfields, They have communion there. Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father

Answer the following questions. I. 1. Where does the poet’s father find his solace? 2. When does the father plant the seed? 3. What does the father pray for? 4. How does the father till and cultivate the land? Std. 9 th Subject - English Topic - My Farmer Father