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22 THE RURAL VOICE
frightened by the thunder and crashes
of lightning, took off with all the
speed they could muster, a far cry
from their usual slow and steady
pace. We seemed to fly over the path
to the barn, across the fields straight
up the gangway to the haymow. I
ducked as the top of the Toad came
near to the top of the big door, and
we came to a thundering stop. What
a sense of exhilaration and
excitement, pleasure and fear!
Ontario artist Kathy Hagerman
captured those feelings in her
painting Rush Before the Storm
‘‘ hich now hangs in my living room.
In the decade between 1945 and
1955 farming practices changed
dramatically. For a few years we
used a buckrake on the front of the
tractor to scoop up the hay and
deposit it on ropes strategically
placed on the barn floor, then hauled
it up to the mow by a pulley attached
to the tractor. In the '50s we changed
again to the bales that are still a
common sight, a much more efficient
manner of haying, I suppose, but
somehow not nearly as picturesque as
the old way. A drive through
Mennonite country in June or July
may still yield a glimpse of horses
and wagon, and the sounds of the
shouted directions "Gee!", "Haw!"
and "Whoa!" to the team as a farmer
gathers his.hay into the barn.
Some things change as they must
but the end of June still brings
clumps of rosy peonies and spikes of
purple irises, the sweet taste of
strawberries warm from the sun and
the, aroma of freshly cut hay as the
evening sun sets behind the maple
tree, while farm families rest in the
twilight on the back verandah.0
Barbara Weiler lives in St:
Catharines, ON.