Family buys land from a crooked farmer. He tries to trick them & sells them a pond, but the water evaporates and it’s the richest dirt ever.
Mean farmer uses shotgun to plant seeds b/c his land is so hard, family has to jump out of the way when they plant seeds b/c plants shoot up so fast.
Many odd animals live on the land: one has different length legs so that it can walk on the incline of the sides of the pond/hill. Another is a “hide behind” that you can never see, just leaves tracks. Once when a member of the family is working they get pinched/poked & turn around so fast that the “hide behind” tires to hide behind itself.
Father eats biscuits hot out of the oven – then a tornado comes & the rest of the family is blown away. The biscuits cooled in his stomach & turned to cement, so he’s weighed down & saves his family.
Every time the mean farmer tries to cheat the family, they end up coming out ahead. The stories (tall tales) are funny & geared toward younger children.
I hope you have luck finding this story – it would be wonderful to read it to my son.