The Rural Voice, 1988-10, Page 39now an average salt offers 1,000.
According to Elwood, the success of
the business is due to "being able to
hire people who are willing to learn
with you. It is their suggestions that
make the business what it is today."
A SIDELINE: Elwood
Snider with his carving of
a buggy and single horse.
The brass trim is hand-
made, the rubber tires
were fashioned from a
vacuum -cleaner belt, and
the leather top for the
buggy once belonged to
his sister's gloves. The
passengers were carved
from spruce.
year at Sydenham Community
Auction are the Farm Machinery Sale,
held early in April, and the Antique
Sale, held on Victoria Day Monday in
May. The Farm Machinery Sale is a
service for local people and is held
Another carving was
madefor the International
Plowing Match in
Meaford in 1987. Two
Clydesdales pull a plow
handmade from light
steel, a replica of a
Massey -Harris No. 15 .
A carving of a team and
sleigh includes a load of
miniature grain bags.
The detail on the team
harness includes a double
belly band, split side
straps, and twin neck
yokes with Scotch tops.
The sleigh is oak; the sills
are red elm.
The busiest time of the year for
the auction business is from mid-
March to the end of May, when most
farm sales take place. The sales are
usually held on the farm premises to
give the purchasing advantage to
neighbouring farmers. Often a "house
sale" at the farmhouse keeps domestic
items selling inside at the same time as
tools and machinery are sold outside.
The two main events of the sales
early enough to allow farmers to buy
equipment before seeding.
The Antique Sale is a chance for
people to consign antiques or valuable
collector's items. According to
Elwood, an antique is 100 years old or
older, and collector's items are objects
from the early 1900s through the
1930s and 1950s.
The "antique rage" has been
growing for years. But buyers say the
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