Re: OT Hard Times

Posted by SuperA-Tx on December 12, 2006 at 08:30:05 from (4.227.105.8):

In Reply to: OT Hard Times posted by Steve From Arkansas on December 12, 2006 at 07:14:54:

Steve, ever hear of "Horsehead Township, Johnson County Arkansas"? My family came from there to Texas.

My Father was born in 1919 and died last year. When he was young him and his two brothers chased a bunch of wild turkeys into a pond, turkeys cant swim. His mother (my grand mother) wore their butts out with a switch.

What I heard about mostly was picking cotton. I think they got 5 cents for 100 lbs. They heard they were getting 7 cents in California in 1941 so they all loaded up and went there to pick for two years at Pop Bergmans farm. We had three gins in this town when I was young, 1960's. Not a gin left anywhere now and havent seen cotton grown in 30 years or more.

Ever hear of "polk salad"? A wild plant you cook and tastes like turnip greens. My mother refuses to this day to cook me any. She must have gotten her fill of it when she was young.

My fathers first job was picking up stuff when they were building the court house. He got fired cause he didnt have any shoes. They couldnt afford any, thats why he needed the job.

My grandfather drove a car one time in his life. In fact he drove it thru the back of the barn. After that they used the model A to run a saw.

Grandmother use to tell me how they would spray the bed down with water at night where it would cool them off some where they could sleep.

I guess times were harder then but I look back and think how closer the family was and how they all had to pull together and I wonder if it really is better now. We work our butts off to keep up with everyone and have all the newest gadgets, huge houses we dont need. Have two jobs to pay taxes and health insurance.

I guess thats why I like the old tractor when Im out there disking or mowing, takes me back to the good old days.

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• Re: OT Hard Times Steve From Arkansas 09:23:08 12/12/06 (0)
• Re: OT Hard Times Steve From Arkansas 09:12:29 12/12/06 (0)

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