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Worry Clinic and Farm Work Earns Hard Lessons
A memoir recounts two boys from Chicago working a summer on an Indiana farm. They logged hours, painted, planted, harvested, and helped with roof repair and tractor tasks, learning money value and diligence before returning home. The piece ends noting cattle and calves fed for slaughter on March 1, up eight percent from last year per the Agriculture Department.
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Odessa
Washington
Agriculture Department