{"product_id":"every-farm-tells-a-story-a-tale-of-family-farm-values-9780896585102","title":"Every Farm Tells a Story: A tale of Family Farm Values","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore World War II  farmers had few of the conveniences that were common in cities. Many farmers continued to milk cows by hand  pump water with windmills or gasoline engines  light their way with kerosene lamps and lanterns  heat with woodstoves  and plant and harvest with horses. And many had no indoor plumbing. After wars end in 1945  change on the farm came rapidly. Electricity replaced lamps  lanterns  and gasoline engines. New tractors replaced horses. Hay balers made loose hay a memory. Grain combines replaced threshing machines. Not only was farm work transformed from 1945 to 1955  but so was life on farms and in rural communities. Threshing  silo filling  and corn shredding bees  where farmers gathered to help each other  became memories. Card games and neighborly visits were replaced by television. Young people left the land because mechanization required less labor. Large farms crowded out family farms. \"Every Farm Tells a Story\" is a first-person account of a small Wisconsin farm during and after World War II. This \"\"living history\"\" is a collection of true tales inspired by entries in Jerry Appss mothers farm account books. The values recorded in the account books prompt recollections of his childhood and the traditional family farm values and ethics instilled in him by Ma and Pa. About the Author: A professor emeritus of agriculture at the University of Wisconsin?Madison  author Jerry Apps has written more than 35 books  many of them on rural history and country life. Recent titles include \"When Chores Were Done\" and \"Humor from the Country.\" His writing has earned awards from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin  the Wisconsin Library Association  and Barnes and Noble Booksellers  among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651523534901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0896585107","price":67.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780896585102.jpg?v=1781835405","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/every-farm-tells-a-story-a-tale-of-family-farm-values-9780896585102","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}