Norman spent most of his time from age 7-17 on the farm, even as he attended a one-room, one-teacher school at New Oregon in Howard County.

从7岁到17岁，诺曼的大部分时间都在农场度过，甚至是当他在新俄勒冈州霍华德县的一所只有一间教室和一名教师的学校上学的时候。