[Farming with Oxen]

Hampton, Alex, Matlock, J. Eugene

Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States

1941-02-11

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ALSICRED 6 DUERICT a
30124BCT s Pt= CUMQMS
96b IS 11
gonad °rut 0 1' jakfour Of9 ait Ueare tenant
:Miser eh° limo ecutheast of berebella on
the_ lassian Fields Road. ?ms peels a amp tilth.one 'Jobe
of omen elms 1.0a tellowing Ia Orlifen etonof
eV be is wing Omen Wattled of maces
Ihaw been a tenant farms of airSem kyounty for
the, pest fourteen years* In 1934 llbe now atxll. tenant
remora. I gas beevily in debt,eith ay mina and moat of
fire Implements nortcomd. That gear I nada a %bore
kr)
oro and eae uneble to "pelt out My creditors would obey
no mew. and creoloeed, Wang thi mu.laa end :Keit of
tools. All I had loft. In the vear 01 work enlaels, wee ten
bud of' one year ole ateers• AS a boy I Tleil osined a fair
Uweleft, at tatibling own frsx.3y katilus io o_AD- sated on
osodvaaa en•track ltme rrou AI/yawl/arts aalaaa to
)ouian$, nee 140,4) Tema By breekink; cad plalltliie tine
WMz bad w steers twits* end tralnede‘ nude yokes for
thee and riapd Me up a me:pc' ma 41110110tattoole to rmlezt a
crop with. I bw* tow: tales those 021611 ewe elate. plowitiG

014 trogioG eith thou./ma tt Pdoitt end
find thou loot as ooriamoblo tat alassel mak as maim.
fri rectottCl‘o Mao oghroaktota oon Oar =oh aaova,
with Woo thm Z coAl with =limo irbi* Aar (UMWI gamed
/AM Gov* it at loa1 or prof:bead taw beim 4' Gotta% ,IZCA
upioat corui, 36410 Ito of gam* ti97 IOW ljjo atOC peso.
Its, of potobwo. =Moo uuaororootta oolutua
&ler. oad 1070 asoltotottlh tesl1 be4404004i a
record tm 2oura filtp to ago folowis utot coL36 do
litIth mom.
C .1.417y
rAstboaot O2b5 t,TUa moults f act that las
oft(s. bovine bow elk "SIOUOrt Wittgadailbsakt barna: trtdas.
toe end uotoG a *oho of 2octriluao (arooloG Ulm to aDU.
,wotio aom to throe geom.) one boo roomottgailiotauL bkoolt
cci tte Thou. ro So 6.-Auc au or Who paoolua boultug with
tLyofx) ow% toluGice htcriolt to otorc to) Do lockx'or to, nor
bo nowt. 'tome, from ow tootioof.-.. '70 toorgal pl000,
Ina too_ go mot tio Igo Minot ccombalt sttloiptau
T000t *vs. to leajalt UMW stx demo wound
t1111 rroon*o
nos«. Conloy, l&ViD& throe WU* mot of 111toopehospe* oo tto
,iocob ase Llimmibcaro Voce. Dose twat* of am to plow ond
bowl ultb.
Zu Pttctt t tpsaks COOP 7- AD 6320t.

Oar, 40* 110111111 OSIND
ha garbs this ploeft
fto ft. *whey1 a, aalatberat arm Lockett apparently
aa a trainer at csamei ins stana Us job at tmelow
for Mr* Loelett. three years egos 4, 3rictrY.
a of t1 ones. oelcbing.about 1200
soatkruad to aov UKothar
Lizwastt to dolt% won
largo Mow hi tba load at the Loa
or hip. iftUle tiobag binalice far
aig esagly to a ante
alma scattseet of lalikcarflald on 6toktAr
allfa (a) of the Meow wfitioar CC Cave °barbs Jacklas lawai
bask tag) rale et Sae% *deb h. UM* ttiP AWN; ligeri
two Bs =Wm tbas alagly or &NW*. GC owns' UMW COM ore
tosiekod vittoxeli tto use of its or ribs only a lanc whip
cuunry
RIctere
has too yak, of omen
Rabat* Wier, a
miles Dorth of Ptttakarl.
amen often using tiara singly.
TITUS cx5Tr
kn Caanualty I. a Mrs Pa. plank ‘120 NIS

t omoo tiza be user ea Us fire for lowing
wad tecUtogs
twee bloats two L'iost 41loo
:0=81. anipateb timddicava 000stiass Cow t000ltv
at Masse sod otiose oats to tbo rerloot-• teagr nyeaptir to
omitted for na3* boottegarcesed Woo neetbDra to f.
rooltito. lobos rawly aao Or Mame& Zt *Amore the rIP•
tictri_. learood the t0000rj Waimea Cr= Up olvoilfaitta, sto
qpixteitoas tummy,

,(341AiliTt
By Interview*
Donald Griffin,
Claude la'
B. C.
biersitaLt, Texas
Cibisr, Tarsair
Gilmer, texas