Dear Kathleen,
It certainly was great hearing from you once again. You'll never guess how much that letter raised my morale. I've been nurse maid to a bunch of sick patients and also chief cook and bottle washer for they took both of my ward boys so I had to pitch in and do all the work.
Certainly hope you have recovered from what ever you were afflicted with. Say I'll bet I could cure it right up. Ha! Ha! Well at least try like the dickens to cure it up.
Kathleen I'm going to do my best to get my eleven days leave in Oct or first of Nov as we must get it in before six months are up. So I'll try and get it at least a month early. Of course I'm still working on a transfer out of Florida as this damp climate doesn't agree with me too well. Anyway you look at it I hope to be home in the next sixty days on furlough.
Kathleen, I've often thought about vet and still do but about the only way I'd probably practice it would be as a side line to farming. It has one serious draw back in that one has to leave everything and go take care of someone else's stuff when you should be at home taking care of your farm. Then too unless a fellow has a big enough practice he can't make ends meet. So I sort of believe if one sticks to straight farming he'll be better off. One can raise certified seed as a side line also have purebred dairy stock and make extra money selling seed and purebred stock. I do intend to go back to college to refresher courses or perhaps go back and get a Masters degree if it will not cost me anything but I think there must be some strings to the whole thing. From what Dean Mullen has been writing there is a need for a lot of college graduates and will be after the war and especially in the field of agronomy. Yes, It is something to think about and I intend to make my mind up about before I'm discharged from the Army. Perhaps you'll be able to help me make the decision.
It so happens my brother isn't in either one of the places you mentioned but he is farming at home with my father. He certainly gets it rubbed into him why he isn't in the service but someone has to grow the food we eat.
Well it is this way. The last time I was home I got (19) nineteen days and we are only allowed thirty days a year including travel time. Formally we go thirty days a year plus travel time but that is out now. So I'll get eleven days plus one day of grace unless they change it by the time I get ready to go home. If so I'd get fifteen days plus four days travel time.
I've considered a county agent job and I think it a very good idea if conditions are favorable at the time. From all indications there will be a demand for college graduates after this war whom are trained in the agriculture line. It would be a nice job to help one get on his feet if he could get a good job so I'm going to keep it in mind. As much as I can gather I'll be able to get back one year for a refresher course free of charge but as you say it sounds all most too good to be true.
This evening I got some 616 film for my Kodak camera so perhaps I'll get a better picture of myself but until then I hope the ones I sent you will give you some idea what I look like these days. Say I'd love to have one of you too.
I must close now as it is getting late and it is time for me to go over and get my mid-nite snack. So long for now.
Yours truly,
Milan
No comments:
Post a Comment