Nijiht Work— Burniiii!: the Kino Hoots 



Winter Work 



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DYNAMITING contiiiuecl ill the dairy sgction up to the end of November. Three acres were com- 

 pleted, but the weather became so cold it was very difficult to go further. Two acres plowed, 

 but no more work could be accomplished here. 



The question of suitable shelter for us and for a man on the place came early into con- 

 .sideration. We heard of a 5-room portable that had been used 2 summers on the South Shore Beach, 

 which was for sale. It was in good condition, and authorization was given for its purchase. 



Immediately we made measurements for a collar under it, for there was urgent need of store room 

 for coal in winter and provisions in summer. Larry put 3 men in there and they seemed to vie with 

 each other in quick work; to us the absorbing part was the soil conditions. Of course all the soil 

 was carefully placed and saved for future use; it ran just 3 feet deep when sea-wash sand and gravel 

 in brown and white strata appeared. This was also kept separate for mason work, foundations for 

 roads and piths. 



In a day the cellar was dug, ready for the erection of the house. It came like a pack of cards, was 

 erected in 2 days by a carpenter and his helper, and looked most ridiculous with the windows curtained 

 before the roof went on. This is the way it was arranged, leaving out a partition at the western end and 

 making 4 rooms instead of 5. It was heated by a very small G-hole "eat stove," No. 7 Paragon, and a 

 No. 10 Redcloud "hot stove" in the office. Into this house we put the English 'longshoreman, his wife, 

 and little girl; they remained all winter, finding the house more comfortable than the average modern 

 frame house. 



Early in the life history of the farm we roughly sketched the plan of campaign; chicken house, 

 barn, house, and well were plotted. Next came the orchard, which was to cover an acre of ground. 

 No farm or country place, no matter how small, is complete without some fruit; it is a permanent im- 

 provement, to draw more and more interest as time goes by. 



It was our plan to experiment with fruit in this way. Firstly, put in many named varieties of 

 many kinds of fruit and find what wa.> best adapted to the locality; secondly, to procure the stock from 

 widely differing sections both north and south of us, to see which change of latitude would show the 

 greater advantage. 



Many nights were spent poring over catalogues, and at last the orders were given, each a duplicate 

 of the other and an accompanying letter stating the nature of the experiment, that the stock would be 

 planted at the same time side by side. One order went to northern New York State, one to southern 

 Pennsylvania. 



Pennsylvania's came first in "coffins," the mcst ghastly looking packages, arriving the day before 

 election day. As Italians would rather make a day's pay than vote, and further had not registered, 

 we started planting on November 7th. A privet hedge running along the drive road on the barn side 



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