SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:05:39
Discussion about his grandfather's house which was built in 1825 by the first Taylor that came to PEI, with mention of his father's farm; Taylor, Schurman, 1825, servants, Reeves, Solomon Schurman, mills, millers, gristmills.
SIDE A 00:05:39 -- 00:06:40
Discussion about his education; school, Truro, agricultural college, college.
SIDE A 00:06:40 -- 00:11:01??
Discussion about WWI and how he wanted to go but got a farmer's exemption instead; WWI, farmer's exemption, 1914.
SIDE A 00:11:01 -- 00:13:22?
Discussion about The Bedeque Dairy and hauling cream; dairies, Bedeque, co-ops, cream, butter, milk, prices.
SIDE A 00:13:22 -- 00:15:29
Discussion about self-sufficiency, bartering, and groceries; money, self-sufficiency, bartering, tea, sugar, general stores, groceries.
SIDE A 00:15:29 -- 00:17:14
Discussion about potato farming; potatoes, carts, McIntyre Blues, potato varieties, farming.
SIDE A 00:17:14 -- 00:20:32
Discussion about horses; horses, ploughing, plowing, blood horses, horse breeds.
SIDE A 00:20:32 -- 00:22:12
Discussion about fox ranching; foxes, fox ranching, fox pelts, 1914, fox prices.
SIDE A 00:22:12 -- 00:24:56
Discussion about traveling on the train and going to exhibitions; railway, trains, Freetown Station, Summerside, exhibitions, fights, Charlottetown.
SIDE A 00:24:56 -- 00:26:27
Discussion about Mickey McCabe; Mickey McCabe, wealth, money, generosity, loans, kindness.
SIDE A 00:26:27 -- 00:27:28
Discussion about Dunk River and his family's land; Dunk River.
SIDE A 00:27:28 -- 00:28:30
Discussion about The Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, 1917.
SIDE A 00:28:30 -- 00:30:48
Discussion about rum running; K. C. Irving, prohibition, rum, rum runners, bootleggers, rum running.
SIDE A 00:30:48 -- 00:34:35
Discussion about WWI and his friend's service in it; WWI, war casualties.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:41.
SIDE B 00:31:45 -- 00:34:29
Discussion about The Great Depression, the Harvest Excursion, and WWII; Great Depression, 1930s, Harvest Excursion, WWII.
SIDE B 00:34:29 -- 00:38:21??
Discussion about WWI rationing and the Monaghan Thrasher; rationing, WWI, thrashers, thrashing.
SIDE B 00:38:21 -- 00:44:15
Discussion about the Abegweit, ice boats, and other ships; Coles Whar, ice boats, icebreakers, Abegweit, ships, vessels, schooners.
SIDE B 00:44:15 -- 00:45:28
Discussion about the changes in farming and when he quit; farming, tractors, horses.
SIDE B 00:45:28 -- 00:48:12
Discussion about his love for dogs; dogs, pets.
SIDE B 00:48:12-- 00:51:03
Discussion about what he liked about farming and poor crops; farming, prices, crops, potato prices, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:51:03 -- 00:54:05??
Discussion about his first telephone and his first radio; telephones, radios, party lines, 1930, Austin Scales.
SIDE B 00:54:05 -- 00:57:41
Discussion about farming and the deed to the first Schurman home; farming, deeds, Schurman, land, 1808.
SIDE B 00:57:41 -- 01:00:30
Discussion about politics, foxes and the very first Lewis on PEI; foxes, fox pelts, politics, J. Walter Jones, Catherine Callbeck, premiers, John Lewis, Lewis.
SIDE B 01:00:30 -- 01:03:28
Discussion about hauling mussel mud; mussel mud, fertilizer.
Tape ends at 01:03:28
