I like your paper. Thanks for the easy-to-read format. And thank you for your coverage of the two Wisconsin farmers showing the contrasts in several areas [“Wisconsin Farmers on Trade Wars, Pandemic Impact, and the Future” by Cara Ding, published Oct. 7].
First of all, I was a Great Depression baby, born in 1931. As I aged then, I was unaware of how dire the situation was in the country, so I have to begin a couple of years prior to World War II. People at that time were on pretty much an even scale—some had little, some had nothing. Poverty was not a buzzword then. People struggled to keep a place to live and keep food on the table.
