I was born in 1934 and saw the dry years that lasted until the fall of 1943 for our area. I remember getting only 1 short crop of alfalfa some years. I walked bare foot along dirt roads with in and inch opr two of loose dirt and dust.
We had grasshoppers until the wet years started in 1943. They would eat anything green and then start on the cedar fence posts and cedar siding on the house.
Us kids really didn't realize that we were poor because everyone that we knew was in the same situation. Kids today miss the lessons on handling money and finances that we went through when we were kids.
Parental teaching was much better in those days; we were taught to think and work, also that we were free - but we still had to be responsible for our actions. Kids today are taught that they are free, but the responsibility part has been dropped from their lessons.
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