July 8, 2012
This is from Richard. Everybody is complaining about the dry area
in the Midwest. I remember
back in 19…. 1936 was a dry year. It was soooo dry…
Dan and everyone says it is dry now but you could have seen it
then. It was blowing up all the ears of corn as
if you had popcorn. It was my first
experience with farming. My dad gave me
10 acres if I would help him out. I had
soybeans and it didn’t make anything.
I made about $30 off the ten acres and that was all the summers
work. They had dust bowls in the west
and they had dry bowls in the Midwest cause it never rained. But it did get better by 1937 we had the best wheat crop
so far and so that brought it us out of the Hoover depression.
We have gotten a little bit
of monsoon, not much. A little bit
yesterday. Nothing that covers the
streets with water yet. The rains are
just starting but it is coming. If you
hurry you can see thunder and lightning and rain.
This is Richard from Willcox
Arizona… Historic Railroad Avenue
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