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Mary were both married. Mr. Maier was more aged but still had an eye full of life and focused on the future. Bernard was right there the same as ever.
From seven head of cattle and a pair of mules which the farm was supporting in 1936, there were eight more cows and a horse by 1940. By 1945 the cow numbers had increased to 23 and there was a flock of 28 ewes, one mule had died, the mare had been sold, one mule remained to do the garden work. In ten years time that’s not long when we are thinking terms of farming, the animal units had increased from eight to 28! Buildings were painted. Mrs. Maier had made* many improvements in the home and yard to make life more abundant. 'y
The first pasture improvement had begun in 1937 and thus one sevenacre field sold the Maiers! By the fall of 1945, the crops grown, and they were doing well, were pasture and hay. Where they had gotten the four bushel barley yield in 1937 there# was as good a stand of alfalfa as you ever saw. A trench silo had been
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