I grew up in Lakeland,LA,one of 12 children. We all lived on my parents' subsistence farm. We grew cotton,sugar cane,corn,hogs,and chickens and had a large garden,but it didn't bring in much cash.So when I was 12,I got a part-time job on a dairy farm down the road,helping to milk cows.We milked 65 cows at 5 in the moring and again at 2 in the afternoon,seven days a week.