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
inventions--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.
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