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SR6AB page 16 P: How long did it take to get to Jasper? R: Well, it't take, it was about twenty miles, seems to me like a hundred miles when I wasn't but about close to fifteen, twenty mile the way we'd have to go, just an old wagon route. See, we had to go around every farm, you know. P: Uh huh. R: Every old _you had to go way around here, but we'd buy the, a barrel of flour, he'd buy a bolt of _, bolt of calico or something, gingham for skirts, a bolt of or two of blue denim, so mama could make overalls for the boys. P: Ya'll would have a great adventure R: That's right. Have a shirt, dress, both of the the shirt and the dress just alike, they out of the same $,4j, P: (laughter) R: You know we couldn't afford to buy a big, two or three bolts of cloth and.... N: P: Yeah. But everyone.... N. P: Yeah. Did they ever make their own cloth out of the cotton? N: They did a long time ago, but R: N: R: In other words, we made what we eat and eat what we made. P: Uh huh. R: And if you got a hold of a dollar, the government didn't have much to say about it. P: Yeah. R: We just happened to divide it P: Yeah. R: Now, if you get a hold of a dollar the government's got half or seventy-five cents out of it. P: Yeah. R: It leaves us about a quarter for all our expenses and everything.