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Page 92 We rented extra farm land and went to work. Tractors didn't have lights on them then so daylight to dark was as long as we worked. Willis had a mail Route that went from Okobojo to Little Bend. The trip was made three times a week. I think he got fifty four dollars per month for this job. Probably not counting wear & tear on the car and tires it didn't cost much over a dollar to make the trip but it was sure no money making job. We were milking cows too and may have been getting eight or ten dollars a week from cream. Well it looked like a fair crop. Not a bumper crop but a fair one and even with the prices of wheat under a dollar per bushel we might make some over seed and fuel bill. Then the hot winds came up from the south and flying with the wind were grasshoppers. They took care of the harvest and didn't |