Never had to miss school to work--always got up early enough to finish before the school bus came. And, the work was waiting when I got off the bus in the afternoon. Dairy. Twice a day, 24/7/365.
In the summers my dad and I were in the hay-cutting business: using his 8N and NAA to go in ahead of the baling contractor, we were in a new hayfield every day.
In the fall of my senior year I was supposed to be the starting center for my small school's football team. (I can't remember how I managed to schedule football practice around my milking responsibility, but I somehow did.) We were still in the middle of hay season in August when pre-season football two-a-days started. If I quit cutting hay to attend practices, my dad would have had to hire someone outside the family, and we needed to keep every dollar we could get inside the family. I told Coach I couldn't join the team until school started. He was very PO'd, told me not to bother. Somehow I never regretted that decision.
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