The farmers feel betrayed, comparing the Government to the mob.

A farmer feels he was paid too little for his property after Jim discovers oil there.

The farmers may well be feeling the heat of a crime wave that has swept across this country.

The farmer again felt the heart pain his grandfather had described, but he said nothing.

His death was certain, the farmer felt, so it did not matter what he did now.

Of course, that was the way farmers felt about fellows who worked in a steel mill.

"Many normally worried farmers suddenly felt lucky," the book says.

Both family and part-time farmers felt that with the farm they had a greater degree of control over their future.

There were no courses available on finances although farmers felt a need for training in financial management.

Hard times were not limited to industry; farmers also felt a financial pinch from falling prices.