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FOR THE TRACTOR ENTHUSIAST
BOOKS, CALENDARS & DECALS
New Releases For 2002
Pictures from'the Farm - An Album of
Family Farm Memories - hrbd $39 95
Everything I Know about Women I Learned from
My Tractor by Roger Welsh • hrbd 526.95
Ultimate Tractor Power • Articulated Tractors
of the World - Vol. 2 - hrbd - S53.95
Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet • hrbd. $33.75
Farmall The Golden Age 1924-1954 • hrbd $33.75
John Deere Industrials - hrbd $33.75
Small John Deere Tractors • hrbd. $33.75
This Old John Deere • A Treasury of Vintage
Tractors and Family Farm Memories - hrbd $39.95
Abandoned Trucks • Hemmings
Motor News sfbd . S26.95
Chevrolet Pickups - by Mike Mueller - hrbd $45.00
100 Years of Semi -Trucks - Crestline - hrbd. 556.25 ,
Worldwide Guide to Massey Ferguson - Industrial
and Construction Equipment - hrbd 554.95
A Guide to Ford, Fordson, and
New Holland Tractors 1907-1999 - sfbd 520.75
How to Restore Your John Deere
• Two Cylinder Tractor - sfbd . ..533.75
How to Restore Classic Farm Tractors - stbd ...$39.95
BEST SELLERS
Big Book of Farm Tractors - hrbd $51.95
Old Tractors Never Die - by Roger Welsh stbd _519.95
Vintage Allis-Chalmers - Ultimate
Tribute • hrbd 538.95
Original Allis-Chalmers • 1933-1957 • hrbd $38.95
Illus. Buyer's Guide - Case Tractors • sfbd $24.95
Case Tractors - ECS - hrbd 519.50
Original John Deere Letter
Series - 1923.54 - hrbd $38.95
Ultimate John Deere • hrbd $51.95
Big Book of John Deere - hrbd $51.95
International Tractors
• by Randy Leffingwell - hrbd 537.50
Farmall Tractors in the 1950's - slbd 519.50
International Harvester - Product History
1831.1985 - hrbd 551.95
Big Book o1 Massey Tractors - hrbd $51.95
World Wide Guide to Massey -Harris, Ferguson
and early Massey Ferguson Tractors - hrbd $59.95
Illus. Buyer's Guide • Minneapolis -
Moline - slbd 524.95
Oliver Tractors - ECS • sfbd 520.25
A Guide to Harr Parr, Oliver 8 White Farm
Tractors 1901.1996 - sfbd $20.75
Ford Farm Tractors of the 1950's - sfbd $20.25
A Century o1 Ford 8 New Holland - hrbd _549.95
Big Book of Caterpillar - hrbd 551.95
Classic Caterpillar Crawlers FTCH - sfbd ..529.95
Encyclopedia of Antique Tools & Machinery
by C.H. Wendel • sfbd ....533.75
Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements &
Antiques - by C.H. Wendel 533.75
Horsedrawn Tillage Tools by L.R. Miller - sfbd....545.95
Horsedrawn Plows & Plowing
by L.R. Miller • sfbd $49.95
Training Work Horses & Teamsters
by L.R. Miller - sfbd 545.95
CALENDARS FOR 2003
Classic Farm Tractors - 14th in Series (Dupont)$12.95
American Farm Tractors • MBI 512.99
John Deere Farm Tractors - MBI 514.99
Old Iron (Farm & Ranch Living) 510.95
Classic Farm Tractors (Voyageur) 511.99
Taste of Home (Farm & Ranch) $10.95
Pig Calendar (Farm & Ranch) $10.95
2003 Cowlendar (Farm & Ranch) 510.95
The Magnificent Horse (Farm & Ranch) $10.95
Covered Bridge (Farm & Ranch) $10.95
VIDEOS
Iron Clad Memories (Classic Fever) 2003 _ $39.95
Other tractor videos available upon request
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4 THE RURAL VOICE
Carol Riemer
Coming home for Christmas
Carol Riemer
is a freelance
writer who
lives with her
husband and
two
children near
Grand
Valley,
Ontario.
A crackling fire, a glass of mulled
wine, rnixed with the sound of music
and Iauighter. Old stories read with
renewed enthusiasm. Silent, starry
nights, illuminated by a bright, winter
moon. It's Christmas in the country.
Thi s holiday season, the list of
desirable destinations seems endless.
Yet, the most popular choice is still
the plaice we like to call home. It
beckoins from both near and far, with
an attraction that has remained
irresisitible throughout the centuries.
Some folks, anxious to get there,
will take the bus, their faces pressed
up against the frost -covered
windows, catching a fleeting glimpse
of the passing countryside. Others,
precariously balancing luggage and
prese nts, will crowd the train station,
as they patiently wait to climb aboard
the Take -Me -Home Express. Soon,
the a irport will be filled with many
trave lers intent on spending the
holidays with friends and family.
B ut what about those who find
their way home by heart? It's a long,
fami liar journey. One that reaches
back: to Christmases past, where
tradiltions began. Inside a well-worn
cardboard box, filled with treasured
ornaments, lies a little wooden sleigh.
A souvenir of our son's first
Chr istmas, it shares special memories
witlh the slightly -crumpled paper
angel our daughter brought home
froim school in the second grade.
Bol:h continue to share an honoured
pia ce on our Christmas tree.
Coming home for Christmas, the
da'js may be short, but the memories
are: long. The Christmas I wrapped up
ou r daughter's first pair of skates I
suddenly pictured myself, as a young
girl, gliding around the rink that my
father had just built in our backyard.
The ice was bumpy and covered with
snow, but it really didn't matter. He
had worked so hard to build it. I
remember how the blades of my new
skates shone, almost as brightly as his
smile, on that frosty Christmas
morriing.
I remember too, that the Santa
Claus Parade was something we
anxiously anticipated. Antique fire
trucks, horse-drawn floats and
marching bands still colour my
memories of that particular day. As
Santa arrived, atop his silver sleigh,
my father quickly tossed me up on
his shoulders. For a five-year-old, the
security of knowing I wouldn't fall,
was second only to the panoramic
view 1 had laid out before me.
Furiously, I waved, and as Santa
turned in my direction, there was one
brief moment, when he looked
suspiciously like the man who sold
my father nails at the hardware store.
Christmas at home, in those days,
was much the same as it is today. It
meant baking shortbread cookies and
homemade fruitcake. Watching old
movies together, and stringing
popcorn chains for the Christmas
tree. It wouldn't have been
Christmas, of course, without
attending the church bazaar, where
the tables of homemade cakes and
cookies vied for our attention, amid
displays of Christmas ornaments and
hand knit scarves and mittens.
Our school Christmas concert was
always a highlight of the season. The
gym filled up early with excited
parents and grandparents who, in a
momentary burst of laughter and
applause, would fumble and fuss with
their cameras, trying to capture a
souvenir of the evening. I remember
our teacher giving out.,pandy canes,
and the whole school singing
Christmas carols together. It was a
chance for the entire community to
share in the celebration.
These days, with so many changes
happening at such a rapid pace, it's
difficult to keep up. Thankfully, the
holidays are something we can still
count on to restore our faith in the
past and offer a glimmer of hope for
the future. It's a magical time when,
once again, we can all come home for
Christmas.0