Posted 7/12/2020 13:10 (#8369266 - in reply to #8369044) Subject: RE: Which generation seen the most changes to make life better???
Madison Co. Virginia
Here, electricity was critical to making the jump from subsistence farming to cash farming.
My great-grandfather and his sister had actually built the dairy barn before electricity showed up, but they were expecting electric within a few years.
They hand-milked and sold cream until the electric lines showed up.