Oral History Interview, Raymond Dahl (1602)

Abstract

In his April 2017 interview with Stephanie Hoff, Raymond (Ray) Dahl shared his life from beginning to current on Wisconsin farms. He was born on a farm, loved agriculture, worked on farms in his teenage years, and bought a farm soon after he was married. He spoke of his childhood and going to a country school through eighth grade and then attending Deerfield High School. He talked about farm life without electricity and then when he and his wife bought a farm with electricity and the great difference. Ray discussed the importance of his farm to him and he even still lives there. Ray keeps his fingers in farming by helping his son, Russ, who runs Ray's farm and the farm the Russ and his wife own. Stephanie Hoff conducted this interview for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program, as part of the Wisconsin Farms Oral History Project.