We only got electricity about the time I was born, remember our first tv. We got a proper indoor bathroom with a tub/toilet the same year armstrong walked on the moon. Saw it on the tv!!! Until then I took a bath in a #3 washtub in the kitchen. We had running water from a spring and a good pump. Had cows, hogs and chickens, a good smoke house and all that 100 acres could produce. But were poor compared to town people… and looked down on.
Now I know better… Didn’t have something? I was taught how to make what you need. One grandpa lived with us, saw the other often… uncle farmed next door, folks who’d farmed and raised families in the depression. They were very creative… for instance, we’d save baler twine from hay bales all winter. Grandpa and I would braid rope from them. He taught me to braid 24 and 32 strand ropes. We’d sell them in town to other farmers. Want something? Gotta work for it!
I remember one of these on the back porch…
Now I know better… Didn’t have something? I was taught how to make what you need. One grandpa lived with us, saw the other often… uncle farmed next door, folks who’d farmed and raised families in the depression. They were very creative… for instance, we’d save baler twine from hay bales all winter. Grandpa and I would braid rope from them. He taught me to braid 24 and 32 strand ropes. We’d sell them in town to other farmers. Want something? Gotta work for it!
I remember one of these on the back porch…