- Jerry Apps: My dad, who when he was in his 20s
and newly married,
showed at the Waushara County Fair.
And I asked him one time,
I interviewed him when he was in his 80s.
"Well, why did you go to the fair?"
He said, "Well, I had a chance to compare my cattle
"with Joe's cattle,
"but I also had a chance to meet farmers
that I only saw once a year."
And he said it was the most wonderful thing in the world.
I said, "Where did you sleep?"
"Well, I slept on a load of hay I had brought along
to feed the cows."
So he said, "I loved it."
And I said, "Gee, that sounds kind of primitive."
"It wasn't," he said,
"because I had all these farmers.
"I only saw most of them once a year.
"And we just had more stories to tell each other
than you could imagine."
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