VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, [4], 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 18:49:58 01/31/17 Tue
Author: Tanner
Subject: Re: Weather
In reply to: Tanner 's message, "Weather" on 18:26:12 01/17/17 Tue

I remember a couple of other stories I would like to share.

When the area here was first homesteaded the prairies were littered with buffalo bones. Early settlers used to gather these bones and take them to town where they sold them for money. The guy who bought the bones shipped them back east by the rail car. I am not sure what they were used for or why people back east bought them, but it was another source of income to supplement the farm income.

I think everyone has heard or read about the Dust Bowl years that affected the plain states. While most hear about Oklahoma, parts of the northern plains were affected too, including the ranch. When the pastures didn't green up and the water holes for the cattle dried up, my great grandfather and grandfather (who was a boy at the time) rented land about 100 miles north and drove their cattle there to pasture them. In addition to my family, a couple of other families did the same things. All three families worked together.

They rented the pasture land, and drove about 200 head a cattle. This must have been some sight to see. The drove the cattle along roadway and obtained permission from farmers to cross their land. The people they met along the way were very decent and lent a hand where they could, including letting my family water their cattle in their ponds and letting the cattle graze this grass. It was one way they made it through tough time.

Grasshoppers are still around today, but can be controlled. From what I read, during the 1930, they could devour an entire field. They came in swarms, biblical proportions.

In a time of very little rain and crop failures, what did manage to grow was often attacked by grasshoppers.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Post a message:
This forum requires an account to post.
[ Create Account ]
[ Login ]
[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.