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Drought and Debt A few good years, a little hope made farmers smile a bit til, in the early fifties, another dry spell hit. Two years of drought and growing debt for bankers was bad news. Some folks were now so far in hock they couldnt be cut loose. The Turkey banker, Barnhill, knew Daddys word was good, and he would pay his mounting debt any way he could. He sent the aging farmer down to the FHA to borrow for another year in hopes this crop would pay. The drought and emphysema out-lasted Daddys spunk, and when their pensions were in place, they loaded up the trunk. In the Oklahoma backwoods, now their home would seem like heaven, so they quit the dry and barren farm in 1957. The monthly check seemed God-sent, but still they scrimped and saved to pay back every cent of debt before death and the grave. Cora Gail Johnson cgtrent
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 11:48:08 +0000

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