In his rookie year as a farmer, his father-in-law thought the winter was mild enough and that Louis had a good enough handle on the cattle feeding for the elder couple to take an extended trip to visit family in California. Carol’s parents left for the west coast on Jan. 23, 1962. Between then and April, South Dakota had 100 inches of snow.
“It was quite a challenge,” Louis said. “Fortunately, we had about as good equipment as anybody at that time. We had a 400 International with a hydraulic loader and a feed wagon. But we had to scoop our way for a half mile to get through the snow to get the feed … then crawl up in the silo and throw the feed down. Then we used the
tractor to scoop our way back because the path was blown shut while we were throwing that feed down.” Looking back on that first winter, he’s always thought somebody was trying to tell him something. “But it’s always bothered me I wasn’t smart enough to figure it out.”
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