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other areas was it?

Orson Clark: No, they weren't.

Lucille Clark: We had something to eat.

Orson Clark: We raised gardens.

Interviewer: Did you have many animals yourself?

Orson Clark: I had a few. As I remember, I turned three off on that affair.

Interviewer: Did you have beef cattle or milk cows?

Orson Clark: I milked a few cows.

Interviewer: Were you selling milk at the time?

Lucille Clark: Yes.

Interviewer: Did you have pigs and other types or livestock or just the cows?

Orson Clark: No. When I bought the place from my father, the sow went with it. But I didn't keep pigs.

Interviewer: Were you farming with horses?

Orson Clark: Yes.

Interviewer: How many teams did you have?

Orson Clark: I had one team that went with the place. That was all I needed.

Interviewer: What kind of horses were they?

Orson Clark: Percherons. Good work horses.

Interviewer: Were you using work horses all the time you farmed here?

Orson Clark: Yes.

Interviewer: When did tractors first begin to spread through Farmington?

Orson Clark: I had a tractor for the last two or three years.

Interviewer: Did you get rid of your horses then or did you get a tractor besides the horses?