Eight-year-old Ralph Kern had been a farm boy only two years before Depression and droughts threatened the family's economic survival-but didn't dampen boyhood joys. By the time of World War II, the family had survived, and Ralph chose farming as his career. From then until he left farming in mid-1960s, he proved his ability on four farms with widely recognized crop and hog programs. Still working with farmers in Pike County, IL he gave fuller rein to his passions for fishing, hunting, and collecting farm memorabilia. Now over 80, Ralph has written essays on his life and experiences in farming under adversity and in better times, highlighting his love for machinery. Hunting, with well-loved bird dogs, and fishing in many Midwestern, Northwest, and Canadian rivers and lakes get equal billing. And throughout are memorable people with whom he lived, worked, hunted, fished, and collected for three-quarters of a century.
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At age 8, Ralph Thomas Kern moved from Pittsfield, IL to a small farm outside of town, just ahead of the Great Depression. While in the one-room Prairie School, Ralph met Laverne, with whom his life has since been entwined-including 60 years of marriage and one son (a music educator). Ralph's farming career began just before World War II. On four farms in 25 years, he proved his mettle with high-yield crops (one of the first farmers in his area to grow 200-bushel corn) and efficient hog farming. Leaving farming in mid-1960s, Ralph's work remained in farming-a salesman for feeds and grain bins, and later as a seasonal salesman of seeds. Interests in hunting, fishing, and antiquing co-existed with his work and expanded in retirement. His friendliness attracted dozens of friends throughout the Midwest and as far away as British Columbia.
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