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Laura Davis letters from friends and family, 1945

1945-02-17 Maurice Hutchison to Laura Frances Davis Page 2

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crops grown and canned are sweet corn, peas and lima (beans/leans?). The company raises most of the acreage of these crops but part is on contract. The left over is used for cattle feed during the winter. This makes work for all the steady help, plus a few hands. As him Learning the ropes Under one of the farm managers, I will eventually get in on a little of everything that goes on. Hve been working in the repair shop, except when called on to help skip cattle. This happens several tmes each month. All together I believe this is as good a deal as I could reasonably want. Tis better than I expected by quite a bit. De Kalb is a pretty good town for one of only 9,000. It's not too far from the house to eather down town or the plant, on the southeast side.
 
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