SEGMENT: FAMILY, FARM WORK, & FARM EQUIPMENT
Bill Clausen>NIU Collection>NIU Collection, Segment 6
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- FAMILY
- Describes daughters' youth, family meals together, recreation & reading. Pets included rabbits, crows, dogs, & geese. Clausen's parents born in States. Family was very close. Talks about visiting extended family on day trips. Yearly family "get-together," if not throughout the year. Married in 1949. Visiting DeKalb on Saturday night.
- TRAVEL
- He and wife once visited Florida in the 1960s, drove there. Describes other car trips. Daughter was interested in geology, designed trips around those interests. Short trips.
- FARM WORK
- Livestock taken care of first. Describes daily routine
- FARM EQUIPMENT
- Mentions combine and its impact. Used to be a rush during planting and harvest. Very busy now during the wintertime. Major changes like electricity on farm since 1926 when Clausen was born. Rural lines came in middle to late 1930s. Machines in 1940's made for an average size farm of 160 acres. Tractors very basic.
