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11‘4pr New Year Mr. Editor; and all Gazette staff. Hhe‘re we- we on the 1-1h1-eshold of a brand New Yea1, January, 1971_ “ " THE NEW YEAR The door swings wide uponianoih- . ei year. . ‘{A clear and trackless 132111111311 we may tread. ‘ ' With faith to guide. with dreams . heid close and dear, 3 The precious gilt of time that looms aheady Each day a new beginning._ for . kindness we all should do 1T0 Help the other fellon this road . oi.’ liife‘ to share. 1. {Each week a 'néw beginning for ( pleasme to impart. A smile 1he1e. a ha shake there. a word of c'heé‘rsto give. Each month a new beginning. 01.11 ‘ lives to imp1ovel 1 A leourage to str'ive and dare. and " thankful for Gods 109‘s 1 i 1 51119111165 FOR 1111»: Yi-:AR1 . “11'w' I guide these with mine. 211151311 here is something? beauti- 1111 and tendei. in the thought of God offering to lie our éuimde "I 1wili instruct Elam and teaéh thee 111' the Wfly W 0h thou shall’figo'; ll will gill die 11ml $1th .mine eye. 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EM The last week in April 1910 or '11, J finished transplanting to- mato plants for the coming sear -_51on. in cold beds. These cold beds as they were called, were 4 or 5 ft. in width. and any desired .IEHgth wanted. according to the acreage of plants rown. The out side of frame made from boards 14 inches high. The :nside being prepared with soil and dug up in Fall. as you would plough a field. Then. in Spring, using a garden rake. this was fined down. A stake was driven at each end and so far apart down middle of bed and a pole fastened on them. from end to end. Factory cotton one yard wide or wider. two strips the desired length 10f each bed. was backstiiched to» gather by hand. Thus making an em haw-inch in width which wwwmuve been taken up in 11 562mm. ‘A little over 111 yard was 1%. unmn m hang down. like thé drum- of 11 Writ. at each end. The cotton put overtime ridge pole foz» med a tent ot'rer the plants. and alâ€" lowed rnin to run down like a roof. A' tape stitched along the edge. string 11W tied so far a- part. were instemd over nails on outside of board. 1 Ranked all around with horse manure to protect plans from frost/1150 long straw or himolihy hay was used to pimp on the cot- ton if dangei of frost This cot boa-1 alter the plants weae set in 1 t1 e (laid. mother DS‘ECl‘ ifor sheets. ‘ hot bed in which the seeds were planted, Dad made ready in .March. A package of peed was given to farmers by ohe iiiacwry for ‘ wniéh tine tomatoes were contract- ! ad or gmwn The hot and cold bed were on the side of a building whore they could get the mos/c sun. Our's were. behind: the house. The hot lieu-ed from the cold. bed, 131m . large hat. W}s” foams. as i. y were caiMWre ‘ . mndow with 24 glam 0 x 12 or B x 9 Wm. thwart .Tho to- w ‘ them on law» we ’ 1 . 1 1 1mm body grow his lawn p).1’l.zm 0,0111%me Be agairdieiwn. M1 111le W 1111 lottuqe, cat mum. . WWI. lLY MOORE The iiowe1 garden gave us joy in the summei time with its riot of colour. We had 1a lawn the width of the house this was always nice and gr.een Wit‘h padded knees this was kept Cut with a sickle. When tomato plants. had giown to de lsired size. plants were lifted from hot bed with 1:1 wide flat 511101.631, to keep as much earth on them as possible. Transplanted in cool bed. making hole i101 phi-1.11; with a stick 1whittle<l lo a point. The end of the factory cotton that hung down at each end of bed forming door like a tent 11s I mentioned berm-e. One day on going in. to dinner. I hacl forgotten to drop 1.1115,. and my pet hen and a rooster got in- side. When I returned. they .‘were very busy scratching 1111 the fresh earth where I had lei-t oil" my plan. ting. It was easy getting my pet hen from. under that cotton, but not so. that rooster. Finally he flew the length of that id‘ bed. squawking as he went. ebbing the hen- I 11an 11.0 the end or flab bed with her. throwing hook the I so. her down and he came flying out But not beime he had diam- aged 21 number of pl‘anis‘. whi'ch had- to be replaced 11mm quite angry with me for or pgebiulness. The corn seed mid to be gotten ready for 11111111â€" ing too Why corn? you 35kt you thought it was already when pun chased. The crows were a ibig nuisance and would come in num- hem. miter the corn was 512111-11;ng to grow nicely. Those crows would hi; 1V6 :1 ball. walking up and down row after row pulling it up and eaiuing the kernel. 61) fanmms us- ed coal not 110 bry' and stop this' rhiieving'. A can or coal tor was ated in water tiilil hot enough to n smoothly (heated in waist to guard against calming 111119.001111 was measnied mm 121111 old pail 011 wash ~tu1b.tar poured on smifiwngily. and kept slirred wit-h a die till kernels were thinly co Then .week or two This taste of ems disliked after pullii hill or so 410 eat Tif'fi'iie 09mm eL-ill sticky at planting 111111.11 put in a comma:- lfiiwod 19151195» (like Mod this mm rim-n along to- gther). allowing com to nun free- in nor-n planter. spread on newspapers to dry ”Ella booze West oomwaam daihcultiio 11am melon W .101 mm with Wflmfiwa‘b me oil Fifi 0111 m and. ”files of lime-ism we 1 and of i Home. 1111â€" larger. so there was a yizelnd’e-ncy râ€"vum,’ . . . g much tar.Th1e field corn 01'1maize as Dad caJled it “as smooth making the job much easier. Com was planted with a hand planter, which dropped 4 GI“ 5 kernels to a hill. The hills were planted 4 it. apart each. way. Corn then could be cultivated 4 ways iiior weed control. Horizontal, vertical and criss cross. (The cultivator was a single horse affair. rarely seen these days. and a man on the business end of a 1hoe handle, and sometimes a girl. controlled the weeds. The corn planter, two boards V-S'hzrped with 1a handle on either side of the flipper part. A1 tip box on the outside of right side of V with a lid. A little steel C1011- veyer with 1a hole in the end that Wssed in ahd out "of .the bottom 01‘ box, drew the corn when the handles were closed. together. and 1 opened again letting the corn drop down a pipe leading from the box to a steel trough at the bottom of the V, Still holding the handles a- part planter was then press-ed in earth. Closed. 1corn- was planted; then lifted, stepping on the hill to be sure seed was covered. Open» all again. going on to next till the field was planted. Our grandparents planted the corn with a hoe. tomato plants with a shovel and. much back 'ben~ ding. Who would want to go back to ‘those good old times as they call them? Yet. there seemed lime to do it all serenely. we did not seem to be always in a hurry as today. Let us try to slow 1in and think and thank God for all the many blessings. of eleom‘ioity, tractors, modern ifimm machinery of every type. water hose. (those plants had to be watered with a sprinkling can). Automobilm. e‘h’ci. ' etc. There was bread and butter making. washing iby hand. soap makihg, canning 1f.11uii1.t vegetables. meant and pickles. making quills and clothes 101 children. ktniiiibing. and 101 other Whigs. Yes, we mm or had it so good. [1°