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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL LOCKNOW, ONTARIO
'bo normally smoked. (and sots
who didn't). used to chew tobac-
co. I suppose tO Work up some
moisture in their dry Mouths. And
Of coutse, gallons of water were
consumed. One of the jobs for
the boys of the family was amain
On this Yuletide,
we wish for you and
yours an abundance
of Christmas cheer,
topped off with an
extra helping of peace
and love. Thanks, all.,
G. & E. SALES Et SERVICE.
GERALD PRIESTAP
the blower, and there was quite
an art even in that especially ID
building the straw stack. One of
my brothers counted up 10 steps in
the grain'handling from the bind-
er to building the straw in the
mow.
During the Fall, there was fall
ploughing and the cycle began all
over again. But there were other
harvesting jobs. Coin was cut
with a sickle on our farm. We
did not .grow much corn in those
days. That is another big change
in farming - the very small
acreage of corn then, and the
enormous fields of corn now .
If a farmer grew any buckwheat,
it was harvested later, and there
were the root .crops and potatoes
to take up also. Gradually. the
fall turned into winter and there
was a complete change of pace
and work.
Most of the winter work was
done in the barn. The cattle
and horses were kept in their
stalls. I used to be amazed at the
way they knew their own stalls
after a few days. Antrwoe betide
the cow that went into -the wrong
one. Our barn was in two parts
with an open shed between. The
old pan was built on a stone wall.
I used to love to look at all the
different colours of the, stone. 1
have learned since that most of
the stone in buildings in our pan
of the country had been carried
miles and miles by glaciers as
they scoured the bare rock during
the ice ages. The horses and
cattle were kept in the so-called
old -barn. The pig pens were in
the new part which had an min' ter
esting but utilitarian foundation.
The henhouse was a separate buil
far from the barn. The
barn in those days was
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VIRDEN MOMBRAY, KEN MOWBRAY, ROY BLACK, NORMAN TAYLOR
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Deck the
halls . . .
carol . .
rejoice.
Have your-
self a very
merry Yule.
To all, our
warm thanks.
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similar to the present tis' ne , ier
was all done by hand. The only
machine I can think of at the
moment was the mot paper ,; a ,
circular thing for cutting mangolds
or turnips to feed .the animals
and it had to be turned by hand.
There were horses to feed grain
and hay which had to 'v. dug out
the MOMS and put down the
feed hol6. The horses had to be
cleaned with brush and curry
[comb. They were let oust each
day for a run and a drink of water
out of the watering troirgh. The
pump was worked by hand too.
The cows were fed and milked and
all the stableScleamed every
day. The manure fork had 4 tines
;
I, and could sic cop up quite heavy
'1; loads of the wet . strawy manure.
w 'eh was loaded orito, rhe wheel
,, barrow. wheeled out to the moa-
t.
. are pile by hand and upset there„
After cleaning horse and cow '
tstabli. straw was ;war down for .
bedding. This werk rook many
i an Ile= and could be very back'
brea&i TO. ., COWS had to be
icourse. They went out each day. i
milked twice a day'- by hand. of 1,
for a run and kw wat 'ering. They
• ;usually rubbed around the straw '
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stack while the stables were being '
cleaned. 1 sentethnes Wonders .
now bow ire farmers could see to
the work on &ill winter days..
There was no electricity andI neto
, er remember of a bunittit, acing 1
used in tire daytime, although it f.
was always taken out at r%hr.. Of
, course . beams were a fire
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hazard. Se was smoking. ba
that was never allowed iariw
barn. Another lob derifin
the vaulter was drawing eat d
manure a , Welding it Mt ill
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