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RP: So when you came home from school were you also expected to work?

AF: Yes.

TM: Oh, yes.

AF: They had, at least I remember raising tomatoes and we had to pack the tomatoes for market, early morning market. Or even bunching of asparagus, we had to sort through the asparagus so my mother would bunch them and things like that.

RP: And your father would haul his produce into Portland?

TM: Well, Dad and my oldest brother.

RP: Did you ever go with them?

TM: No, because they would go at crack of dawn, I mean like, two, three clock in the morning to get, they said they had to get a good stall at the market.

RP: So there was a produce market in Portland?

TM: Right.

RP: It sounds like you were rather self sufficient on the farm in terms of a lot of your food.

TM: We were.

RP: You mentioned you had hams and you have chickens?

TM: Chickens and cows and pork. I remember when Dad shot the pig and you know...

AF: He made head cheese.

TM: Yes, he made head cheese.

RP: So what responsibilities did you have with the younger siblings? Were you responsible for taking care of them?

TM: Well, we all kind of did took care of one another, I mean, I guess it's just a normal, you know, sibling.

AF: Yes, everyone just kind of watched out for each other I guess. None of us really got hurt or you know.

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