"I remember him asking my husband, 'Do you think it would be wise for me to got borrow more money so I can dig a well and put in irrigation?' You know that was something brand new that they simply had to learn how to do because there wasn't much of that done at that time...
Question: "And what did your husband say?"
"He said, 'Yes, I think you should.' He said, 'I can't see but what it would be a good idea,' because that south 80 [acres] laid just right. The road that went through, there was a north 80. That was the breaks by the river. But the south 80 laid just perfect that you could run the water down the rows."
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Carla Due was born in Denmark. Her parents emigrated to Nebraska when she was about two years old, but they decided the trip would be too dangerous for Carla. She grew up with her grandparents. When she was about 10 or 12 her folks tried twice to get her to come to the U.S. but she resisted. Finally, when she was 16 she crossed the Atlantic alone on a ship. She helped her parents farm, learned English, met her husband Bernard at a dance and then helped him farm.
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