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Show HI intenri.ew with Hisaye Tsutsui 7/19/84 9 coop. There I slep till 2 o'clock in the morning. Then I got up at 2:00 AM and had to finish all watering by 11 o' clock. So I had to watch very closely to see that there were no missed areas. It was dark. I had to carry rent pipe and lay them ' ~c. on the ditch so the water will go through~p±pe. Here and there I laid the piJ;Ss along the ditches. Once carrying the pipe I fell asleep in the middle of the road. It was night so no cars came by. I suddenly awoke and realized that I fell asleep. You know, you're tired, carrying the pipes. So with renewed strength I started to lay pipes one right after another. That • s one thing I will never forget. This night watering came once a month but if Papa were to do it, it was too far away to walk. So I did the night watering . During the day time watering was no trouble. To wake up at 2:00 AM, it's dark, you know. Since this whole thin5;J started, I b=ga:n to recall these experiences where I did the watering and wondered how I ever did it. During those days, MatsurrotD san, Mizoto san, they all fanned down aways. Breakfast, I took it with me, but lunch, rey husb:md brought it to me. SF Did any of your children decide to go on to fanning? Hr Tan, who was with _me while working at Bingham, used to come home and help with the tractor. By then we had a tractor, it was way after the war. Bfore he worked for Bingham, he helped fran morrrig till night on the fann with us. During the war, my second son, Harry, was in the Anny. If one was fanning and if one roy was taken into the Anny, one boy could l:::e exanpted and to help on the fann. So we were able to get :p=nnission so Tcm could help on the fann and that's how we were able to continue fanning. Just the two of us, we couldn't do it. When Harry came hane fran the war, he started a restaurant (Nishida's place) and he worked there for two or three years. A fire started one night and he lost his two children. (Restaurant on First South in Salt Lake). 0 Mter the second ten acres were sold, they rroved to a smaller six acre fann and they did nothing but btmch goc:x:ls, they called it, like radishes, mnions and cabbages . Hr When we were fanning the 10 acre land, it was this 10 acre. The second 10 acre, Tan was faniri.ng with us. When we famed the six acre fann, Tan l:x=gan to work at - |
