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Our farmers today enjoyed a pleasant interlude in the morning\u2019s choring. We doubt if they could have been invited to a more interesting event than that which took them to lend assistance to a neighbor in getting his fat cattle away to their market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like to move among the simple down-to-earth, farm-folk\u201d we chanced to hear a speaker on radio observe the other day. The words returned to mind today when we saw the pair of farmers hie down along our winter-lane of field, enter the waiting truck and on happiest wheels disappear beyond the little rise which mostly with an accelerated \u201chuff and puff\u201d bears all traffic in the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1940s An unidentified man leading a Holstein cow named “Abegweit Milady.”<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yes ‘simple\u2019 we chuckled to ourself, in that we who love the land, enjoy the seemingly lowly and humdrum dnties [sic]\u2014 and scenes of the farm. The term however, was sadly misused, in connection with the work then in prospect. What an alert and altogether skillful crew were for-gathering to the endeavor at that farm in the road! And in reckoning the tonnage about to be disposed of there, there would be very few pounds ‘out\u2019 on the aggregate one way or another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever stopped in the middle of preparing dinner to watch the shipping out of fat animals from a farm? No? We steeped in farm ways came to the back verandah to catch something of the colour and excitement of the scene, though it lay a distance from Alderlea, over the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above the millstream, above the A’s vacated house set down quiet in the valley, and up the rise beyond we caught sight presently of the dark figures of men and cattle moving in a company along the white field which was taking the animals to the great truck waiting at the road. So easily, after all, a herd can be moved these times. And as we saw these, we were recalling scenes from years long gone, when the fat cattle raised on a remembered farm by the Strait, must either go to market by boat on a summery morning from the harbour, or else be herded a distance on foot \u2014 even the twenty one miles which would take them to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some Prize Winning Cattle 1913 Prince Edward Island<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNice cattle\u201d, James commented when the two returned. The younger man nodded. \u201cNow\u201d he smiled \u201cwe\u2019ll just see how the weights correspond with the girts!\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe old law of supply and demand\u201d James comments to Mr. C. from the house on the hill as they come in after a late tour of the stables, \u201cmakes the market! Looks to me as if there\u2019s a move up in price. Yours doing well?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot bad Mr. C. replies \u201cThey should at any rate\u2014 there\u2019s not much last to a grist of crushing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is amazing how fast it goes\u201d James nods, settled now to their visit. \u201cAnd I was just saying to the wife today, if we keep them, there will be all of three months yet of feeding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this to it\u201d Mr. C. offers \u201cwe never had so nice a winter to do the chores.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNever!\u2019 James agrees. Then \u201cYou couldn\u2019t rustle us a bite to eat, could you Ellen? I feel kind of hollow\u2019 he chuckles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until tomorrow — Diary — Goodnight…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Ellen’s diary, February 26th, 1958<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: islandnewspapers.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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