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The Rural Voice, 1989-01, Page 21where accuracy counts, because if you are off the line it is a wasted stroke. Another knack is to twist the axe so it strikes at an angle, increasing the splitting action and preventing the head from burying itself deep in the block. I have always maintained that a good axeman is a good golfer, and I would expect the reverse to be true as well. Another of the events that I witnessed as a boy marked the end of I have always maintained that a good axeman is a good golfer, and I would expect the reverse to be true as well. an era. There were a number of rock elm trees still standing in our district. Then a man named MacMillan came through and bought them. A gang of French Canadians arrived to fell the trees and make them into square timber. The men had cross -cut saws, common axes and broad axes, and a chalk line. They would fell a tree and then slab it, leaving it square but rough. Then the man with the broad axe stepped in. When he was finished, the log would be exactly square and of the same diameter at the top as at the bot- tom. The wood would be as smooth as if it were planed. My brother had the job of teaming this timber to Clandeboye. Never since have we seem elm trees or square timber of this quality. And so time has rolled by. The marketable logs have nearly all been cut. Dutch elm disease has ruined bushes where these trees predomina- ted. Oil is now the common fuel because of its convenience and the bush, instead of being cherished, is often waste land. When I look back, though, many of my memories are linked with the bush: the glory of the autumn colours, the childhood games, wood -cutting, making syrup, rabbit hunting, berry picking, gathering nuts — glorious recollections of a long -lost boyhood. Yet poor indeed is the man who has not had that soul -restoring experience of an autumn aftemoon in a shade -spangled woods.0 Dnrerssy Wyandotte Inc. r -tLJELLI =rte Ddi1k Coolers* FIRST FOR DAIRY SUPPLIES & SERVICES • Sanitation Supplies • Computer Feeding • Pipelines/parlours • Fre-heaters • Cow Mats • Multi Drop Feeders GARY McKNIGHT SALES & SERVICES LTD. P.O. Box 669 Walkerton, Ont. NOG 2V0 519-881-2440 4 NEW: f LI CS LIMITED • Custom Cylinder building & repair including Truck Hoists, Fork Lifts, etc. • Hydraulic Jack repair & service • General Machining • Hydraulic Seals & Packing NEW -LIFT HYDRAULICS Limited Wallace Ave., N. Listowel 519-291-4413 A Special thanks to our customers and warmest wishes for a prosperous New Year. Feed Tanks • 1 tonne to 20 tonne (larger sizes built to order) • • 14 gauge metal • feed factories Livestock Trailers Standard Sizes or Built to Your Specifications Services Sheet & Structural Steel Bending – Rolling – Shearing – Welding SMITH STEEL & FABRICATING INC. Hwy. 23 North, Atwood, Ont. 519-356-2802 or 2824 "THE ONE STOP SHOP FOR STEEL" JANUARY 1989 19