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"We don't have no car on the place except Bronco's old '26 Ford. I ain't felt able to buy another, for we need a new house here. I own the place. The land's right good, and I make good crops, but I have to work mighty hard to give my family plenty to eat and clothes to wear. I've got near to 100 acres in this piece, and another little tract close by just over the hill yonder. A poor man has to work all his life anyhow, but it's healthy."
Jim Romeo is a freelance writer in Chesapeake, Va. He may be contacted at 1008 Weeping Willow Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23322.
"Raising tobacco is sure a nasty job, as well as a hard one. If I'd get what my crop this year is worth in dollars and cents, I'd never have to hit another lick or work no matter how long I lived, but we folks what makes it don't get nothing much"