"Most of the farmers, just about all of them, when the WPA came in, worked on the roads. I think, as I remember, they got a dollar a day for working. And if they had a team of horses, they got an extra 50-cents a day for the horses. My dad never did that. He just never did that. I don't know how he made it, but he did. He was a pretty independent guy, and proud. I think there was a lot of pride in that, not having to do that."
 |
||
 |
Stanley Jensen grew up on an isolated farmstead in South Dakota. He says the farm was on a dirt road two miles from a gravel road and 15 miles from the nearest paved road. He graduated from high school and immediately signed up to serve in World War II. After the war, Stan took advantage of the GI Bill and earned a PhD degree from Iowa State in plant breeding. He completed a 40-year career with Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds in York, Nebraska, and has several patents for new varieties of hybrid corn. He and his wife Margaret have three children.
|
|
 |
||
