SEGMENT: FARMING DURING GREAT DEPRESSION
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- FARMING DURING GREAT DEPRESSION
- Family not in debt so did well during depression. Fed beggars and destitute town dwellers. Lived on egg money. Parents grew corn and wheat. Community projects helped the poor.
- FAMILY
- Uncle Dave's wife Henrietta identified. Father worked way through college
- FARM EQUIPMENT
- Binder operation explained. Corn stored in bins at that time. It is combined and sent to elevator today. She led the derrick (a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom) horse. Explains in detail the procedure to lift hay to loft.