To Busy to get in Trouble
In 1957 the Okeene – Homestead area had a great flood. Fields were awash, fences were packed with debris, and everything was a mess. Our homestead farm was farmed so that the topsoil from adjourning farms washed into and practically filled two draws in our largest wheat field. It was so wet and the soil so loose we could not get across it with a plow without getting the old 41D John Deere tractor stuck. Now, this 41D did not have a starter on it. You had to open a petcock on
