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    How to Make It in Tough Times
    How to Make It in Tough Times
    How to Make It in Tough Times
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    How to Make It in Tough Times

    By Irene Bakker

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    THIS BOOK GIVES IDEAS TO PEOPLE LIVING IN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AS WERE USED IN EARLIER TIMES AND CAN BE STILL PERTINENT TODAY. CREATIVE IDEAS ARE SUGGESTED THAT CAN MAKE TIMES OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS EASIER AND FAMILIES TO BE CLOSER.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 10, 2010
    ISBN9781456713638
    How to Make It in Tough Times
    Author

    Irene Bakker

    MY PARENTS LIVED THROUGH THE DEPRESSION OF THE 30'S WHEN I WAS A CHILD. THEY FOUND MANY WAYS TO SURVIVE DURING HARD TIMES WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD. I GREW UP WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE AND YET I REMEMBER THESE YEARS AS FILLED WITH MANY GOOD TIMES AND FAMILY CLOSENESS. I DID NOT SEEM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THAT THERE WERE OTHERS WHO HAD MUCH MORE MATERIALLY THAN WE DID. AS MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND NOW GREAT GRANDMOTHER I HOPE TO SHARE WITH THEM AND OTHERS SOME OF WHAT MY CHILDHOOD TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIVING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES. TODAY I LIVE IN THE MIDWEST. LISTENING TO THE NEWS I WONDER OFTEN IF TIMES WILL AGAIN GET AS TOUGH AS IN THOSE DAYS IN THE 30'S.

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      How to Make It in Tough Times - Irene Bakker

      © 2010 Irene Bakker. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 12/1/2010

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-1364-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-1363-8 (e)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      MY PARENTS FARMED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930’S. ANIMALS WERE ALMOST WORTHLESS THEN AND THE UNINSURED BANKS WENT BROKE. MANY PEOPLE LOST ALL OF THEIR SAVINGS IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUSINESS PLACES OFTEN WENT BANKRUPT AS WELL. I REMEMBER MY PARENTS TALKING ABOUT LEAN YEARS - TOUGH TIMES, AND HOW SKUNKS WERE WORTH FIFTY CENTS APIECE FOR THEIR FURS. MOM PICKED WILD PLUMS DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE FARM FOR SAUCE AND WILD GRAPES TO EXCHANGE FOR SUGAR. SHE BOUGHT FIFTY POUNDS OF FLOUR FOR ALL THE BAKING AND RENDERED LARD FROM THE HOGS FOR SHORTENING AND FRYING. ON A FARM THERE WAS USUALLY A COW TO MILK, HENS FOR EGGS, AND A STEER OR HOG TO BUTCHER FOR MEAT.

      GARDEN SEEDS WERE SAVED FROM YEAR TO YEAR TO PLANT A GARDEN FOR VEGETABLES FOR EATING. BEANS GROWN IN THE GARDEN WERE SHUCKED, DRIED AND USED FOR BEAN SOUP. JOHNNY CAKE WAS MADE WITH CORN MEAL AND OFTEN SERVED WITH HOME CHURNED BUTTER AND SYRUP.

      AFTER THE LONG HOT SUMMER CAME THE CANNING SEASON. IT HAD BEEN HARD WORK PULLING WEEDS AND HOEING PLANTS ALL SUMMER. THE YIELD DEPENDED ON THE WEATHER AS PEOPLE WATCHED FOR THE RAINS; HOPING THERE WOULD NOT BE HAIL. EVERYTHING

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