Drought

The year 1945 was very dry with little or no rain. The pastures dried up and the cows suffered from lack of grass. I extended the fence to include more land, but they kept breaking out and causing much trouble. I was forced to start feeding hay by the middle of August and by fall it became evident that I could not continue over the winter. So we decided to sell the livestock and I would take a job somewhere to tide us over until the following spring.