Potato farmer Justin Isherwood offers humorous insights on various aspects of growing up on a farm.
July 1, 2005 (Press Release) --
Growing up on a farm requires a different set of rules than those of an urban household. In the Isherwood family, a rule to control excessive hunting of small animals by the children was: “You shoot it, you eat it.”
Fifth generation central Wisconsin potato farmer Justin Isherwood highlights the unusual aspects of growing up rural in his new book, Farm Kid (ISBN: 1-932542-15-9. $16.95), published by Badger Books.
Many aspects of Isherwood’s upbringing are alien territory for city folk, but evoke lots of memories for those raised rural. For example:
-- The Rattlesnake Patrol was a mutant form of the Boy Scouts that offered merit badges for silo filling, haying or milking cows.
-- Cats were abundant and sometimes used in experiments involving aerial trajectory.
-- The top of a manure pile was a great place to watch the stars on a cold winter night.
Once a farm kid, always a farm kid, Isherwood says.
“The farm kid soul is a hard thing to shake,” he writes. “I’ve seen people try, then when they are alone you find them talking to a tree.”
Isherwood is the author of many short stories and books on rural life. Review copies of Farm Kid are available and interviews with the author can be arranged by calling Mary Lou Santovec at 800-928-2372 or by visiting the Badger Books web site.
Fifth generation central Wisconsin potato farmer Justin Isherwood highlights the unusual aspects of growing up rural in his new book, Farm Kid (ISBN: 1-932542-15-9. $16.95), published by Badger Books.
Many aspects of Isherwood’s upbringing are alien territory for city folk, but evoke lots of memories for those raised rural. For example:
-- The Rattlesnake Patrol was a mutant form of the Boy Scouts that offered merit badges for silo filling, haying or milking cows.
-- Cats were abundant and sometimes used in experiments involving aerial trajectory.
-- The top of a manure pile was a great place to watch the stars on a cold winter night.
Once a farm kid, always a farm kid, Isherwood says.
“The farm kid soul is a hard thing to shake,” he writes. “I’ve seen people try, then when they are alone you find them talking to a tree.”
Isherwood is the author of many short stories and books on rural life. Review copies of Farm Kid are available and interviews with the author can be arranged by calling Mary Lou Santovec at 800-928-2372 or by visiting the Badger Books web site.
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