Posted by larbear on February 01, 2022 at 15:54:18 from (173.246.154.162):
In Reply to: Hard Labor On The Farm posted by aFORDable on February 01, 2022 at 12:35:34:
Sugar beets stopped around her in '68 so to keep kids busy Dad grew pickles. That wasn't fun at all. They are the same colour as the vine and of course you get the most money for the smallest cukes. It left a black resin on your hands that had to wear off. I went from that to an iron foundry working on a mould line as my first off farm make money foe school job. Black sand and hot, 90 degrees outside, it was quite a bit higher inside. Same thing with the sand making your hands discoloured. Girl friend at the time wasn't impressed. Sitting with my oldest brother on a steel wheeled ground drive spreader on a cold Saturday, he put it in gear from the seat, Dad was driving the tractor and we'd get are back bombed with the soup of the day. I don't thing they were designed to be pulled by something as fast as a tractor. I'm 6th in a family of 9 children so we all had our turn, I wasn't alone.
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