One of my aunts said the same thing when she read the book, Second Hoeing. She said they were not good memories either. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LAWRENCE LOFING" <lplfla45@verizon.net> To: <GER-VOLGA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 1:14 PM Subject: [GV] Sugar Beet Farming Book > I've been reading the posts about sugar beet farming with interest. Those > who are interested in learning more about the kind of hardships endured by > the GR immigrants in the beet fields of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and > Montana should read the book Second Hoeing by Hope Williams Sykes (ISBN > 0-8032-9129-9). It is available through AHSGR. It is a novel about the > trials of a GR family on a sugar beet farm in Colorado. According to the > back cover "Hope Williams Sykes (1901-73) devoted the greater part of her > writing career to the portrayal of German-Russian immigrants. ------" > > I sent this book to my aunt to read a couple of years ago. After reading > it, her comment was "Oh that brought back so many memories-----". She > didn't go into detail and I don't think they were very good memories. My > grandparents (Conrad Lofing/Lofink - Norka and Elizabeth Busch - Dietel) > worked on sugar beet farms first in the Garden City Kansas, Sugar City > Colorado area and then in Park City Montana. My father and uncles quite > school after the eighth grade because they had to work sugar beet harvest > which could run into early November in Montana depending on the weather. > > Larry Lofing > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.13/947 - Release Date: 8/11/2007 > 2:29 PM > >