Goodday brothers: What souvenirs! This brings me back to when I was in my early teens. To combat boredom, my father had me help a great uncle on his farm. Little did I know that all equipment was horse drawn. Gang plow, disc harrow, seed planter, hay cutter, etc.. Most were drawn with a team of two horses. The gang plow was drawn by two teams. That required true horseman skills to drive.
My work consisted of heaving the grain thaches onto the wagon with a three pick fork. You made true muscles then. The lunches my great aunt made were what would be considered fattening today. Dessert was strawberries latten with real fresh from the cow cream. Regards Guy Castonguay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada --- In [email protected], "Lee A. Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brother Clifford, my Brother Geno and I have seen equipment which you > refer to for the horses and the farm as we moved onto a farm temp in > September 1954. that Grand parent only used horses and would not allow > a tractor on his farm even until he retired in the early 80's. to my > knowledge th only brakes on equipment was the horses themselves. I have > actually ridden on and operated that dump rake. having to for hay. > one had to stomp down hard with your foot to get the thing to raise. > Grandpa used waste oil to lube that thing before each use. then we > thought he was growing stones, no pun intended as we walked by the stone > boat. the only modern thing we see for sale around here from that > fantastic Amish community is like back yard sheds which they will > deliver and set up on your property. Someone real nice sent me some > molasses cookies and I'm down to three but I'll always remember what > good home made molasses cookies taste like. Lee > > > -- > Persistence in one opinion has never been considered a merit in political > leaders. > -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares", 1st century BC >
