Did you do farm work growing up? Or do you still? I've rarely done any since I graduated high school and moved out (mid-1990s), and I don't miss it.
I never once had to deal with the cattle (they were my dad and grandpas' thing), but I despised hauling hay every summer. Tobacco was our main crop though. We usually did about 50 acres and my siblings and I got to work in it year 'round, every step. I do miss all of the home-grown fruit and veggies though. We grew and canned tomatoes, and we also had plenty of onions, corn, grapes, blackberries, strawberries, and watermelons, and pumpkins that my grandpa sold for a buck a pop.
Anyway, here are some pics of the old tobacco warehouse in Pulaski, on University Drive, sometime in the mid-1960s., from C. Tom Smith's collection, posted to Facebook courtesy of Tim Manning. I was born over a decade after these pics were taken, so this area looked a little different when I was a kid, but not a whole whole lot. The warehouse is gone now, town down not too long ago.
I never once had to deal with the cattle (they were my dad and grandpas' thing), but I despised hauling hay every summer. Tobacco was our main crop though. We usually did about 50 acres and my siblings and I got to work in it year 'round, every step. I do miss all of the home-grown fruit and veggies though. We grew and canned tomatoes, and we also had plenty of onions, corn, grapes, blackberries, strawberries, and watermelons, and pumpkins that my grandpa sold for a buck a pop.
Anyway, here are some pics of the old tobacco warehouse in Pulaski, on University Drive, sometime in the mid-1960s., from C. Tom Smith's collection, posted to Facebook courtesy of Tim Manning. I was born over a decade after these pics were taken, so this area looked a little different when I was a kid, but not a whole whole lot. The warehouse is gone now, town down not too long ago.
In the first pic, you can see Pulaski County High School in the top left. Best gym in the state!
What are some of your memories of farm work? What do you like and dislike about it?