The year is 1936. . . Morning
has just dawned on the Earl Magers farm, where the manager and his family are
awakening to the promise of a sunny day. . .Up and down the row of red farmhouses
on either side of the dirt road, the same scene is taking place. . .Radios are turned on. . . The sounds of country gospel
music and local news fill the air. . .The smell of bacon frying and bread baking
combine with the sweet smell of the white cotton blossoms, thick in every
field as far as the eye can see.
The two red barns
look as if they, too, are yawning and stretching, making ready for the day
ahead. . . The cows will soon be milked; the mules will be harnessed for the day’s
tasks. . . Chickens roam the barnyard, while the old rooster looks on from his
perch on the fence. . .A white picket fence encompasses the manager’s house and
garden in an attempt to keep out any unwanted creatures. . .The house itself is
painted white, with a long open front porch and white wood awnings over every
window. . .The garden is overabundant with what seems to be every vegetable known
to mankind. . .The ground is so rich and fertile that it is said one could plant a
boomstick and watch it grow. For sure, the weeds grow just as fast as the
vegetables. . .Soon the lady of the house will be seen in her broad straw hat,
gathering the produce and pulling those weeds. . . The children will be off to
school, and her husband will begin his day giving instructions to the twenty
or so farmhands. . . Mules to harness--Weeds to chop--Pigs and
cattle to feed--Fences to repair. . .All must be made ready--for within six weeks, the cotton will
be ready to pick and all else will come to a standstill.
Cotton is King on this farm. . . .and our world revolves around it. . . .
LIFE IS GOOD. . .
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