Farm life was different than it is now as we had no electricity or running water. When nature called, we had to go to an outside toilet which consisted of a small building 5 x 4 with two holes to sit on.
Imagine now going to an outside toilet with temperatures 20 below zero and snowing. We had a cookstove that used corn cobs, wood, or coal to cook our food. We had a heating stove manufactured by a company called "Warm Morning" which used coal to heat our rooms in the winter. Farming was done with horses during the early depression years of the dirty '30s which took considerable time and effort. Banks closed one after the other in 1929. Many lost most of their savings, which resulted in many families going hungry.
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No it sure isn't what it used to be. It's still hard work though. We use a few machines but most of it is hands on. On the up side I sure don't need a gym membership.
ReplyDeleteHave a good one Brock.
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DeleteJust uploaded those pics yesterday. We do grow some fine veggies too.
On the up side I sure don't need a gym membership.
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Thanks and some might mistake some for weed!:)