SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:18
Discussion about lime kilns and mussel mud; mussel mud, lime, lime kilns, Souris.
SIDE A 00:02:18 -- 00:06:17
Discussion about creameries and cheese factories; creameries, cheese, cheese factories, Souris, cheese prices, Dundas cheese.
SIDE A 00:06:17 -- 00:09:44
Discussion about his family background; Hennessey, Patrick Hennessey, blacksmiths, Jim Hennessey.
SIDE A 00:09:44 -- 00:26:10
Discussion about his father's work as a blacksmith; blacksmiths, Patrick Hennessey, horseshoeing, wagon wheels, horseshoe prices, sleighs, caulks, WWI, horseshoes, wheelwrights, blacksmith coal, anchors, coal, Bob MacKenzie, MacKenzie and Montgomery, windmills, Rollo Bay, blacksmith tools, horsepower, horses.
SIDE A 00:26:10 -- 00:32:02
Discussion about farming; tractors, horses, plowing, ploughing, farm machinery, potatoes, potato farming, reaping, binders, 1926, 1930s, grain, gristmills, Souris, potato varieties, blue potatoes, MacIntyre Blues, red potatoes.
SIDE A ends at 00:32:02.
SIDE B 00:32:07 -- 00:36:21
Discussion about farming continues; potatoes, potato farming, potato varieties, potato prices, cobblers, 1930s, turnips, seed potatoes, turnips prices.
SIDE B 00:36:21 -- 00:39:37
Discussion about mills, with mention of stationary engines; mills, grain, flour mills, gristmills, Frank Warren, stationary engines, Leard's Mill, water power.
SIDE B 00:39:37 -- 00:42:37
Discussion about sleighs; Francis cutters, Francis sleighs, sleighs, Harry Francis, Arthur Francis, buffaloes, buffalo robes, fur coats, trucks wagons.
SIDE B 00:42:37 -- 00:44:19
Discussion about horse racing on the ice and deep snow; ice racing, deep snow, snow, 1923, ice races, horse races.
SIDE B 00:44:19 -- 00:46:01
Discussion about hauling coal during WWI and the Halifax Explosion; WWI, Halifax Explosion, 1917.
SIDE B 00:46:01 -- 00:55:21
Discussion about going to Saskatchewan on the Harvest Excursion in 1927; Harvest Excursion, wages, thrashing, stooking, 1927, Saskatchewan, binding.
SIDE B 00:55:21 -- 00:58:20
Discussion about Western horses; Western horses, horses, Wellington MacNeill.
SIDE B 00:58:20 -- 01:04:13
Discussion about the train trip out Saskatchewan on the Harvest Excursion in 1927; trains, Harvest Excursion, 1927, train fare.
Tape ends at 01:04:13.
