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farming and the manufacture of cider and apple 

 vinegar, for which, too, the trade was always lined 

 up waiting. 



Like all good artists and craftsmen Mr. Medin- 

 ger delighted to exhibit his skill. I remember one 

 time asking him to make a jug for me. 



"One quart, or two quart?" 



I said two quart. Without recourse to any plans 

 or calculations; with no tools but the wheel and 

 his bare hand he "threw" the jug in less than ten 

 minutes. It stands on my mantel now, with the 

 inscription burned in it: 



"June 15 1931 Made by Jacob Medinger for Henry 

 Tetlow while here at Limerick Pottery." 



It holds exactly two quarts. 



China clay is the prime raw material of pot- 

 tery. There is a bed of it on Medlock Farm (it is 

 found almost everywhere) big enough to keep a 

 cottage kiln busy for years. It lies about six inches 

 below the surface and can be worked with a spade. 



Iron, like pottery, lends itself to cottage indus- 

 try in that the necessary plant is cheap and com- 

 pact. Although the probability of extracting the 

 raw material from one's own land is remote, com- 

 mercial supplies are neither expensive nor inac- 

 cessible. Hand-wrought iron products of all sorts 

 are always in demand. There are several masters 



