Good old days

I found this,written by my greatgrandfather in 1882, about life near Owatonna around 1860

 

“We had to take our wheat by ox cart sixty-five miles away. It took a whole week before we got home again, but at that time, that was all right, since it meant money.

 

Whoever had a hundred bushels of grain needed three weeks to get everything to market. How much easier it is today! Now we take our grain to market and return in one day”