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<blockquote data-quote="Lou63" data-source="post: 320058" data-attributes="member: 207">I'm 57 and grew up in western Kansas we had running water, tv tower with a rotor&nbsp; could get 4 stations. We did have an outhouse in case we lost power.&nbsp; I also remember wire tied alfalfa bales at about 100 lbs each, 1/4 section of irrigated alfalfa 4 or 5 cuttings each year.&nbsp; having 3 chicken houses to clean, up to 300 sows to feed and clean pens&nbsp; 100 or so stock cows plus 400 to 500 feeder cattle and a couple hundred ewes to deal with. My grandparents would tell us kids tales of the dirty 30's like when times were really tough.&nbsp; Grasshoppers ate the handles out of the pitchforks etc,&nbsp; cows so hungry grandma took the corn shuck mattress out to feed it to them. Jack rabbit drives.&nbsp; There are fence lines on top of fence lines due to the tumble weeds blowing into the fence and filling the fence with dirt.&nbsp; Easier to put in new fence than dig old one out. My dad was born in 1935 in a sod house, he was one of the few that survived as most died of pneumonia brought on by all the dust. Grandma said she was afraid she would kill him with all the blankets she kept him covered with to keep the dust away from him.We are lucky up here to not have &quot;mexican sandburs&quot;&nbsp; or puncture vine, grandpa said they were never in Kansas until after rubber tires hit the road.&nbsp;&nbsp; One time the grandparents took cream to town in the wagon and on the way home used the cream cans to pick up little catfish that fell with rain. they thought that a tornado picked them up from a pond and dropped them along the trail.&nbsp; &nbsp; got lots of stories from my grandparents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lou63, post: 320058, member: 207"] I'm 57 and grew up in western Kansas we had running water, tv tower with a rotor could get 4 stations. We did have an outhouse in case we lost power. I also remember wire tied alfalfa bales at about 100 lbs each, 1/4 section of irrigated alfalfa 4 or 5 cuttings each year. having 3 chicken houses to clean, up to 300 sows to feed and clean pens 100 or so stock cows plus 400 to 500 feeder cattle and a couple hundred ewes to deal with. My grandparents would tell us kids tales of the dirty 30's like when times were really tough. Grasshoppers ate the handles out of the pitchforks etc, cows so hungry grandma took the corn shuck mattress out to feed it to them. Jack rabbit drives. There are fence lines on top of fence lines due to the tumble weeds blowing into the fence and filling the fence with dirt. Easier to put in new fence than dig old one out. My dad was born in 1935 in a sod house, he was one of the few that survived as most died of pneumonia brought on by all the dust. Grandma said she was afraid she would kill him with all the blankets she kept him covered with to keep the dust away from him. We are lucky up here to not have "mexican sandburs" or puncture vine, grandpa said they were never in Kansas until after rubber tires hit the road. One time the grandparents took cream to town in the wagon and on the way home used the cream cans to pick up little catfish that fell with rain. they thought that a tornado picked them up from a pond and dropped them along the trail. got lots of stories from my grandparents. [/QUOTE]

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