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County, it was all bush and
the land had to be cleared
and a shanty built from the
trees that were cut down by
axes. An acre or two was a
big crop, as the land was
tilled with a hoe, or a branch
from a tree. The grain was
planted by hand. It was then
harrowed by using a branch
from a tree. The grain was
cut by hand with a sickle.
The sickle was in use for
many centures, as early as
the late 1700's and wheatrand
oats were cut this way in
Ca nada.
Next the farmers used
sickles with an edge like a
saw. The oats were cut early
in the morning before the
dew was off. Grain was
threshed by hand or with a
flail consisting of a short
stick attached by a strap to a
long handle. The scythe was
a great improvement over
the sickle, with a longer and
straighter blade, with pegs
for handle grips. It cut the
grain more quickly and was
less tiring to operate.
Later came the cradle,
which was a scythe fitted
with bars of light wood
curved like the blade. The
cradle bars carried the sheaf
when cut, and laid it evenly
in bunches, when thrown off
at the end of the swing. The
grain then had `to be raked
into sheaves, and bound with
straw by hand. The use of
horses increased, and Bells
Machine was arranged in
such a way that the reaper.
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was pushed ahead by the
horse which set in motion the
metal cutting blades. The
grain had to be gathered and
bound by hand
In 1831 McCormick built a
reaper which was pulled and
not pushed. It was a great
improvement over the other
methods, and soon became
famous.
The grain 'fell on a short
platform behind the knives
and had to be raked off and
be bound ° into sheaves by
hand. After the reaper had
been such ,a success in the
way of farm labour, wheat
acreage increased. The next
machine introduced was the
twine binder. John Sullivan
of Kingsbridge brought this
implement into this area in
1879.
This new invention was as
strange as it was interesting.
It bound the grain into
sheaves as it was cut. What a
novelty to watch it work
through the ripe fields of
barley and wheat as the
sheaves were scattered over
the ground. The stooker
picked them up taking eight
to ten sheaves to make a
stook. In the Port Albert
area we can from time to
time see the farmer stooking
the grain. In 1955 John
Howard of Kingsbridge
purchased a Massey Harris
Combine No. 90 and it was
still in use in 1980.
History tells us that far-
ming is still a hard and
constant work, but a great
way of life. In looking back
over the years to our first
settlers who used the hoe, the
branch from a tree, the oxen,
the horses, and . our first
tractor, and now in the
eighties many farmers with
our m ern equipment are
look' g for land to rent as the
200 acre farm is just not
large enough for all the
modern equipment. And yet,
for many farmers, they are
having a difficult time with
high interest rates, the in-
creased cost of feed, making
it difficult for them to sur-
vive on the -farm. We are
fortunate in Canada to have
an abundance of food, but do
we really Apreciate the
farmer for siipplying us with
ourdaily bread?
Communion was observed
at Christ Anglican Church
Port Albert, with the Rev.
Robert Crocker conducting
the service. The Sermon
taken from St. Matthews
Gospel Ch. 6 V. 24 Is not the
life more than meatkand the
body. than raiment. It was
announced that next Sunday
will be the Harvest Home
Service. The ladies of. the
A.C.W. are preparing lunch
for a large congregation on
this occasion. •
Wm. Sylvester and his
mother Jean Sylvester from
Stratford spent the weekend
at their cottage in Port
Albert.
Clare and Freda Fauthafer
and children Rob and Jeff
from Sebringville visited
with Don and Darlene Bauer
in Port Albert.
Helen Gardiner, Port
Albert spent a few days
recently in Toronto visiting
Frank and Jennifer Gar-
dner and children Jane,
David and Peter.
Visiting at the summer
home of Mery and Myra
Lahn, Port Albert were Reta
Smith Waterloo, mother of
Myra Lahn. Other visitors
were Heather Bell, 12 and
Jim Grant, 13, neighbours of
Lahns in London and Matt
Bulmer, Cambridge
Hespeler), 17 a student at
Centennial High School
Guelph, and a recent
graduate of the Junior
Ranger Program sponsored
by the Ministry of Natural
Resources north of Thunder
Bay.
A flock of geese were
observed flying south over
the village Saturday evening
at 7 p.m.
Pink salmon, which were
accidentally stocked in Lake
Superior several years ago,
and last year appeared in
Lake Erie, in the past few
days several have been
caught at Port Albert.
Sunday seven rainbow were
in the Fishway and Con-
servation Officer Roy
Bellinger states that with -the
higher water he expects the
fishing to improve greatly in
the Nine Mile River. at Port
Albert.
THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF GODERICH
HEREBY
OFFICIALLY DECLARES
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
AS -
"HOSPITAL MONTH"
IN THE TOWN OF GODERICH
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1981—PAGE 7
A view from the trestle
Photo by Cath Wooden
olmesville has sale
By Blanche Deeves
The Enterprising Seniors
will meet October 1st in
Community Centre in
Holmesville at 8 p.m. Bert
McCreath is in charge of the
entertainment.
In Hohnesville on Satur-
day there was' a very lively
garage sale with many
families participating. This
has been a popular thing
lately in Holrnesville.
On Sunday Jean and
Clarence Perdue held • a
family get-to-gether with a
delicious dinner at noon with
her daughter Joyce and Gor-
don Sellwood and family of
Barrie; Murray Perdue and
family of London; • Don and
Bonnie Lockwood and son
and Edward and Blanche
Deeves.. A very enjoyable
time was enjoyed by all.
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ticipated in the ministry of
musicat My
mornmg w or -
ship rin the church.
John Wyatt , sang the solo
part in the anthem.
Rev. James Bechtel talked
to the children about the
pleasure of receiving a let-
ter, he told them Jesus' let-
ter to us is the Bible. The im-
portance of the scripture
was the topic of the
minister's address. David
Lobb and Brad Forbes
received the offering.
Thursday, October 1st the
West Huron Regional
meeting will beheld at Don-
nybrook. Those wishing to go
are to meet at the church by..
8:45 a.m.
October 4th Anniversary
Service at 2 p.m. Minister
Rev. James Bechtel. Special
music The Town and Coun-
try Four - a male quartet'
from Seaforth.
Holmesville. welcomes
Helen McKechnie of London,
formerly Toronto. to the
area. Helen has taken up
residence with her nephew
Paul Blair - may her stay be
a long and happy one in the
community.
Congratulations to Brenda
Harris who received awards'
at the Central Huron Secon-
dary School Commencement
on September 25th, 1981.
Brenda received The Nor-
man and Verna Carter
Memorial Award in Science,
also Brenda received the
General Proficiency Award
and the • Fairholme Dairy
Award. Congratulations to
anyone else that I may have
missed.
For the bus trip to Elmira
on October 7 with Blanche'
Deeves please call 482-3383:
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SEAFORTH - .Approval has
been given by the Ontario
• Municipal Board to go ahead
with a Business
Improvement Area iBIA) in
Seaforth.
A board of management
from businesses in the area
will be .set up • to plan the
downtown revitalization.
program and a public
meeting has been called to
discuss the. possibilities.
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