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When horses pulled the plow : life of a Wisconsin farm boy, 1910-1929

Title
When horses pulled the plow : life of a Wisconsin farm boy, 1910-1929 / Olaf F. Larson.
Author
Larson, Olaf F.
Publication
Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.

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Description
xxv, 176 p. : ill.; 19 cm.
Summary
In 1910, when Olaf F. Larson was born to tenant livestock and tobacco farmers in Rock County, Wisconsin, the original barn still stood on the property. It was filled with artifacts of an earlier time: an ox yoke, a grain cradle, a scythe used to cut hay by hand. But Larson came of age in a brave new world of modern invention, tractors, trucks, combines, airplanes, that would change farming and rural life forever. "When horses pulled the plow" is Larson's account of that rural life in the early twentieth century. He weaves invaluable historical details, including descriptions of farm equipment, crops, and livestock, with wry tales about his family, neighbors, and the one-room schoolhouse he attended, revealing the texture of everyday life in the rural Midwest almost a century ago. This memoir, written by Larson in his ninth decade, provides a wealth of details recalled from an earlier era and an illuminating read for anyone with their own memories of growing up on a farm.
Series Statement
Wisconsin land and life
Uniform Title
Wisconsin land and life.
Alternative Title
Life of a Wisconsin farm boy, 1910-1929
Subject
  • Larson, Olaf F. > Childhood and youth
  • Farmers > Wisconsin > Edgerton > Biography
  • Tobacco farmers > Wisconsin > Edgerton > Biography
  • Farm life > Wisconsin > Edgerton > History > 20th century
  • Tobacco farms > Wisconsin > Edgerton > History > 20th century
  • Edgerton (Wis.) > Rural conditions > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).
Call Number
JFC 12-600
ISBN
  • 9780299282042 (pbk.)
  • 029928204X (pbk.)
LCCN
2010041463
OCLC
671916615
Author
Larson, Olaf F.
Title
When horses pulled the plow : life of a Wisconsin farm boy, 1910-1929 / Olaf F. Larson.
Imprint
Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.
Series
Wisconsin land and life
Wisconsin land and life.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).
Research Call Number
JFC 12-600
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