A Tale of Two Farms

On one and the same day, I received e-mails directing my attention to two stories about life in rural America—one in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and one in Chenango County, New York—the latter being located 200 miles north of the former.

In Lancaster County, an Amish farmer named Amos Miller has attracted a huge amount of law enforcement heat for selling raw milk. The following photo conveys some idea of what happens in Pennsylvania when a farmer sells a product that nourished mankind without...