Interesting reading from depression era

[English Chick]

Interesting and a good read, thank you for sharing..............

 

[unionwirewoman]

Quote:
Only if the ones who know how to live off the land , hunt , fish , and don't mind not having the comforts of home write the story .

 

[cw]

thats right i imagine many will perish

 

[country lady]

Stumpy, thanks for sharing. That brought back memories. My dad, like many southerners, was a story teller. His parents and three brothers lived on a rented farm in the 1920s and part of the 30s. The widowed paternal grandfather lived with them and told his son, dad's father, when to plant, etc. They lived very well during the Depression. Dad was born in 1919 and older brother in 1917. Each had his own mule. Every year dad's mother put up 1,000 jars of fruits and vegetables. She had a huge garden as long as I remember. Her father had a big orchard and made molasses. Everybody shared.

Although they had sheep, none of the women ever cooked lamb. They ate pork on the farm because it could keep. When the grandfather died in 1931, things didn't go as well because dad's father was not really a farmer. Dad and his brother married and lived in the farm house briefly with the parents, still farming. In late 1930s they all moved to Michigan and dad's parents died there.

It certainly was an interesting era and the people seem very resilient and strong. A handshake was an agreement.

 

[Stumpy]

Hennypenny9, “Haha, we killed the page! It tells me that it's down for maintenance or because of capacity problems! “

Ruh-roh! I'm going to check out that video.

English Chick, you're welcome!

Country lady, “A handshake was an agreement.” That's one of the things I think is so different about today. I believe if we have a depression as bad or worse than that one, we will see violence on a scale we've never seen before because of the lack of a sense of right and wrong that is so prevalent in our society.

 

[country lady]

I know farm people were sometimes the butt of jokes, but really they had a lot of life skills. Probably not too many women know how to cut up a chicken these days, BYC ladies excluded, even though it is a very simple thing. My grandmother made the best southern chicken and dressing that I've ever tasted and she just tossed in all kinds of bread, biscuits, and cornbread. I think it was how she spiced it--I can't make as good.

There are still a lot of talented people around though. There are TV shows about back roads and country skills, and county fairs. 4H is still alive and well in my area.