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carddfann GallopingGhostler, I never lived on any sort of large farm with all that but dad had a few hogs to slop and he would set out about 2 acres of bell peppers that I helped pick like peter piper and another acre of stuff for ourselves. That was just enough to let me know I wanted a desk job.
The pepper money helped us pay for a few extra things, including getting dad and I started in RC. Being a kid, I don't remember how much peppers were worth but it was pretty good and a couple of neighbors started their own 1or2 acre patches that we helped with.
carddfann, I never lived on a farm, just worked as a hired hand. But as you say, it was good money. The kids in high school always seemed to be shooting for the premium jobs like working at the golf course or an upscale restaurant, earning $0.55 more than I an hour. However, I was never having to scrounge for money for school events, petrol or clothes. It was dirty and hard work though, which probably scared away a lot of kids.
