Hayes Harbour
Hayes Harbour
bought brothers farm father good jean lasted nobody split three until
We bought this farm in 1955 as part of a partnership my father and three brothers had. That lasted until 1962 when we split up, and Doris Jean and I got this farm. It was a good partnership. I mean, nobody had any squabble or anything.
acres begin build land state took
Originally, we had about 275 acres in this farm. The state took 13 acres of the land to build the highway. We didn't like it to begin with.
harvest needles next pine ready surprise ten
The next surprise was when I got ready to harvest some needles some ten years later. You can't harvest anything on that (cost-share program) land. Nothing. Not even pine needles. So, I got out of the program.
carry found tobacco
We found out that tobacco was the only thing that could carry us.