![]() Some of them he would have to get out of jail because they got drunk and rowdy. He would take them to town on Saturday and bring back as many as he could. We housed the men in the basement, in the garage, and in a new barn Daddy built. Daddy would have to take a bath before he could sit down in the evening because he itched so much. There were water sacks and containers of water at the ends of the broomcorn rows. Homemade bread, pies, chicken and noodles, lots of potatoes and gravy, beans, corn, green beans fried chicken and things I’ve forgotten. We would cook three big meals a day for them. He would hire men brought up from Oklahoma in the back of people’s trucks. Around 1947 he and wife Eunice bought a farm north of Edler and farmed broom corn. He was tall and skinny and worked like a horse. He started cutting broom corn when he was a child in the Lone Star area, and was earning a man’s wage at the age of 14. Used in the Edler community in the late 1940’s and 1950’s. “This is my Dad’s ( Ray Current) broom corn knife. Which one of the models mentioned in this post do you have sitting around?ĪBOVE: Ray Currant’s Broomcorn Knife Below Courtesy of Shirley Close. Like many who have commented I also have a few of these knives sitting around. I have provided the applications drawings and references. ![]() In my foray into the topic of the broomcorn knife I discovered that in 19 there were 3 patents issued for broomcorn knives. That must have been something:) and there must a been a whole lot of broomcorn cutting going on. I always heard my dad was born with a cow teat in one hand and a broomcorn knife in the other. This wasn’t going to be my next post but with the many comments about broomcorn knives I began thinking of a little sayin’ that I heard around my house growing up. That must have been something, but the reference is similar to the experience of Baca Countians of my parent’s generation. When I first posted this back in 2014 I began thinking of a little conversation heard around my house growing up. This update also adds additional details about this important part of Baca County History. This update changes the name to”Tools of the Lost Trade”, referencing the long gone broomcorn industry. NOTE: This was originally posted in 2014. Each night they would set around and sharpen their knives. The knives were razor sharp and they wrapped their thumbs with the old style electrician’s tape (friction tape).
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