Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BOYHOOD

• DOGS AND PUPPIES
  
• TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
  
• CATCHING WILD BIRDS WITH SALT
  
• AN ACCIDENT
  
• TOBACCO SMELLS BETTER THAN IT TASTES
  

III. HUNTING AND FISHING

• THE CUNNING COYOTE
  
• "A BIRD IN THE HAND..."
  
• GUNS AND ACCIDENTS
  
• HUNTING AND TRAPPING
  
• GOING FISHING
  
• A BOBBING TARGET
  

IV. FARM LIFE

• RIDING AND HERDING CATTLE
  
• HARVESTING GRAIN
  
• MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES
  
• WEANING CALVES
  
• MY ACHING BACK
  
• SLEEPING IN THE HAY
  
• FARM AUCTIONS AND A BROKEN LEG
  
• LONG TRAINS AND FREE TICKETS
  
• MAKING HOME BREW
  
• FLYING SAUSAGES
  
• WHY FATHER NEVER LEARNED TO DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE
  
• COWS AND BERRIES
  
• FAST MAIL TRAINS
  
• A SCHODT IN THE DARK
  
• PEDDLERS AND PATENT MEDICINES
  
• PLAYING WITH FIRE
  
• HARD COME AND EASY GO
  

V. GOING TO SCHOOL

• THE DISTANT SCHOOL
  
• AN UNWILLING PERFORMER
  
• THE KICKING FORD
  
• MY FIRST LONG PANTS
  
• WRESTLING A BEAR
  

VI. FARM FUN

• EVEN PIGS NEED A PARTY
  
• CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS
  
• CHANGING REELS AND PUTTING OUT FIRES
  
• MECHANICAL MUSIC
  
• RAINING FROM A CLEAR SKY
  
• TALL TALES WITHOUT TREES
  
• THE FOUND AND LOST INDIAN STONE HAMMER