Little House on the Prairie
Money Crop
Season 1, Episode 20 · Aired 1975-02-19
Synopsis
A college-educated farmer named Joe Coulter moves to Walnut Grove and tells the farmers of a new corn hybrid that will produce good crops, and he agrees to collect everyone's money and take a trip to purchase the corn for everyone. After an accident on the way home, Joe is unable to return on time, causing everyone in town to feel cheated.
In the series
This episode is part of Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983) on NBC.
Walnut Grove tears and triumphs — frontier family myth as weekly comfort.
Key cast
- Michael Landon as Charles Ingalls
- Karen Grassle as Caroline Ingalls
- Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls
- Melissa Sue Anderson as Mary Ingalls
- Lindsay Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls
- Sidney Greenbush as Carrie Ingalls