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SEGMENT:FAMILY BACKGROUND, FARMING DURING GREAT DEPRESSION, & CHANGES IN FARM EQUIPMENT
: Audio duration 05:53
Starting Out in the Great Depression: Hired Hands, Corn Prices, & Capital
: duration 01:09
Mechanization
: duration 01:09
SEGMENT:FARM BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
: Audio duration 06:05
Growth of Farm: Less Equipment, But More Men
: duration 00:58
Land Prices, Paying for Farms, & Farmers in Trouble
: duration 01:16
Government Policy, Farm Bureau, & Grain Embargo
: duration 01:40
SEGMENT: CHANGES IN FARMING METHODS, ACTIVITIES, & ORGANIZATIONS
: Audio duration 08:19
Diversification to Specialization & Increased Use of Fertilizers
: duration 01:43
Use of Chemicals Became a Way of Life
: duration 00:19
Baptized Episcopalian - Its An English Thing
: duration 00:34
Our Church & Church Activities
: duration 01:04
SEGMENT: FARM WORK, FARMING DURING WWII, & APPLIANCES
: Audio duration 09:38
WWII: Deferment, Rationing, & Getting By
: duration 01:20
Entertainment & Travel: A 10-Incher & Getting Away
: duration 00:45
Raising, Killing, Dressing, & Marketing Chickens
: duration 00:14
Marketing Grain via Livestock
: duration 00:50
New Washing Machines & Electrification
: duration 01:05
SEGMENT: CHANGES IN FARM EQUIPMENT, CHANGES IN FARM BUSINESS, & GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
: Audio duration 09:36
More Land, Bigger Equipment, & Less Labor
: duration 01:22
Effects of Government Policy: Cropped the Land More
: duration 00:59
Children Move Out & Changes in Lifestyle
: duration 02:06
Vacations
: duration 01:23
SEGMENT: REFLECTIONS, FARMING DURING GREAT DEPRESSION, & RETIREMENT
: Audio duration 03:45
Financial Planning in the Early Years
: duration 00:33
Getting By Meant No Health Insurance
: duration 00:32
Great Depression & Loss of Father's Farm
: duration 00:49
SEGMENT: CHANGES IN NEIGHBORS, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, & REFLECTIONS
: Audio duration 12:40
Education & Farming: "Somebody had to be back on the farm."
: duration 01:03
Education Helps in Tough Times
: duration 00:58
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