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AI: In fact, speaking of busy, what would be a typical day, like when would you get up in the morning, and what would be the first things you would be doing in the morning?

TI: In my case was, at least during the harvest time and just prior to, why, we worked a little bit before going to school, and went to school. And soon as the school's over, came back and you changed clothes, and grab a bite to eat, and then go back out in the fields and work 'til almost dinnertime. So there was very little playtime left in the day.

JM: Well (...), very few farmers hired, they'd just depend on their own family to get the work done. And, well, one thing they couldn't afford it, and another thing they, most of the people you hired, they weren't very efficient, or they didn't know, so...

AI: So it was really a family effort, for --

JM: Yeah, most of 'em were all family affairs.

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