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The family that farms together One of the best things that I remember about living on a farm was having family and friends working together and helping one another. If someone had corn to put up, all the relatives would come together to husk corn. We worked all afternoon. Then we had supper together and later sang or played games or visited. Helping each other was fun. My first butchering experience was at Grandma’s with all the aunts and girl cousins. Butchering 50 old hens on an assembly line was fun and easy. We laughed and visited as we worked. We young girls learned by watching and helping where we could. My grandfather, father and uncles shared the work of plowing, disking, planting and harvesting. They always tried to finish the wheat harvest by July 4. Then we would all celebrate with homemade ice cream and fireworks. These close times of togetherness taught us responsibility and cooperation and a sense of belonging. Eileen Penner |
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