Posted by JMS/.MN on March 10, 2017 at 11:50:40 from (199.96.239.124):
In Reply to: Great Depression posted by davidt1 on March 10, 2017 at 09:06:16:
Dad was born in "05, Mom in "09. When they got married in 1931, they lived on his home place with inlaws, AND his brother, and her sister, who were married to each other. Thus I have double first cousins....they had 14 kids! Mom and Dad had 6. Mom said during the depression, everyone was equally poor off, so they could commiserate with conditions. They made their own fun, push back the kitchen table, some brought instruments, and a few neighbors had their own dance party!
Mom said once she walked to the neighbor"s for "everlasting yeast", rather than burn the gas to go to town for yeast. My folks farmed with the siblings until each had a Fordson tractor and equipment, then went to rented farms. One uncle bought Grandpas"s farm, so he wouldn"t lose it in the Depression. Another uncle paid for his farm by cooking MN 13 moon, til he got scared he"d get caught. His oral history is in the Stearns County Museum, and he is also referred to in a book about MN 13. MN 13 was the type of corn that was used for cooking moon. At one time Grandpa owned 5 farms, but lost all of them in the Depression, and ended up living with his daughter and son in law that had bought his farm. Then on to a county home where he died, on a county "old age" pension.
Dad used to earn some money by hiring out to the county, working on roads. Brought a team of horses to pull a dirt scraper, and got paid 50 cents per day. Once he sold 3 cows to the stockyards in South St. Paul, and got a check for $24.
My oldest sister is 85yo, and I credit the Depression for her fondness of things, possessions, because they had so little at the time.
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