Re: Great Depression

Posted by DB4600 on March 10, 2017 at 09:52:49 from (174.219.131.192):

In Reply to: Great Depression posted by davidt1 on March 10, 2017 at 09:06:16:

My mother who is still with us at 93 lived through it in central MN. Her stories seem to tell of survival as a family and neighborhood more than as a success as a business. Let's remember that in a lot of areas the small farms were fairly diverse and were able to work with the neighborhood for their needs. I would say that the more specified farmers were in a little tougher spot as there may not had the diversities that other areas had.
I always think of Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" and how some were left in that situation. As for the stories form 90 years ago in central MN they seemed to make it through as a farmer because they were farmers and they didn't have much other option. Both Pa and Mom told stories of families that failed and left and of families that were in a tough spot and held together. One I recall is of Grandpa hauling cut wood to town to a fairly poor family who would buy the wood, cut to size and split it for sale to the townsfolk who needed the wood for heat or cooking. That family made it through and is still contributing in the area today. Neither Grandpa or Mr. Bauer got rich, but they made it. Grandpa's farm had trees and boys and that made lumber at the mill and that supplemented the farm. He might have made a nickel or two off hauling a load of shine as well.
In central MN there was Minnesota 13 and some farms were saved by the fact that they had a still and some made a bit off of the support roles of that market. While those stats will never show up on an agricultural chart from 1932 and have reached more of a folklore status they were part of the agricultural fabric here in central MN.

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