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Leaving Kansas
FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS
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The rst boots I can remember having came from Montgomery Ward & they cost twenty ve cents & had a brass cap on the toes.
The threshing machines were run by horse power. Took from 12 to 16 horses to pull the power. The farmer had to feed all the men 3 meals a day.
Besides the horses pulling the threshers there were 6 to 8 wagons & teams & you always had a few loafers along & all had a horse & saddle. When the thresher stayed all ...
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... nite on a small farmer it sure hit his little crop hard. The thresher owner took 10% of the grain for toll.
The rst steam out t in Kerr Co. was brought in by the Rees family. Their farm was what is now Westland Addition. Also Blue Bell Hills from Town Creek to the river. The old engine was called a portable steamer. It had no traction and had to be moved with horses. It took about as many horses to pull the old engine & it did to run a separator so the poor farmer was not much better off.
