SIDE A 00:00:09 -- 00:01:08
Brief discussion about his birth in the kitchen of their family home; Wilmot Valley, birth, Dr. John MacNeil, 1912.
SIDE A 00:01:08 -- 00:02:23
Brief discussion about the Halifax Explosion, the end of WWI, and the Spanish Flu; WWI, Halifax Explosion, 1918, Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:02:23 -- 00:03:37
Brief discussion about snowstorms; snowstorms, 1923, deep snow.
SIDE A 00:03:37 -- 00:05:11
Discussion about his parents; James Henry Waugh, Jerusha Schurman, Rusie Waugh, courting, horse and sleigh.
SIDE A 00:05:11 -- 00:06:43
Discussion about horses; driving horse, horses, binders, courting.
SIDE A 00:06:43 -- 00:08:13
Discussion about the Blue Shank Road and the origin of the name, with mention of Jacob Schurman; Blue Shank Road, Schurman, Jacob Schurman.
SIDE A 00:08:13 -- 00:13:39
Discussion about floating lumber down the Wilmot River, the history of Clark's Pond, and fishing on the pond; Wilmot River, lumber, land deed, log driving, Ewan Clark, pond fishing, Clark's Pond, William Schurman, rolling bank.
SIDE A 00:13:39 -- 00:15:43
Discussion about his family, plowing, and entertainment; squaw's caps, entertainment, blackface, Charles Waugh, Blue Shank Road.
SIDE A 00:15:43 -- 00:17:47
Discussion about potato varieties; potato farming, potato varieties, Jenny Lind, Green Mountain, MacIntyre potatoes.
SIDE A 00:17:47 -- 00:19:24
A story about hauling potatoes to New Brunswick to sell potatoes to Deluxe French Fries; potatoes, Moncton, Deluxe French Fries, Kennebec potatoes.
SIDE A 00:19:24 -- 00:20:12
Brief discussion about Netted Gem potatoes; Netted Gem potatoes, potatoes.
SIDE A 00:20:12 -- 00:27:24
Discussion about digging potatoes; digging potatoes, potatoes, plowing, beater digger, Grey Snyder, 1950s, elevator digger, harvester, Dahlman bulk digger, MacKenzie digger, Henry MacKenzie, potato farming, 1930s.
SIDE A 00:27:24 -- 00:31:29
Discussion about Seabrook's and Cavendish Farms french fry plants; Seabrook's, Cavendish Farms, french fries, french fry plant, 1960s.
SIDE A 00:31:29 -- 00:34:44
Discussion about potato farming, with mention of top killers, pesticides, and blight; top killer, salt water, potato farming, pesticides, Paris Green, potato duster, Bluestone, potato blight, lime.
SIDE A 00:34:44 -- 00:40:09
Discussion about hauling mussel mud, with stories about getting stuck and almost falling through the ice; 1938, mussel mud, fertilizer, Bedeque.
SIDE A 00:40:09 -- 00:44:49
Discussion about horses and tractors, with mention of Walter Weeks; 1943, tractors, horses, Cockshutt tractor, Colin Waugh, horse trading, roads, snowplows, Walter Weeks, accident.
SIDE A 00:44:49 -- 00:46:35
Discussion about his potato elevator and how potato toppers worked; potato elevator, potato toppers.
SIDE A 00:46:35 -- 00:48:03
Discussion about the first tractor he saw and the first grain combine; tractors, Robert Hogg, Wyman Clark, Ford tractor, custom thrashing.
SIDE A ends at 00:48:03.
SIDE B 00:48:15 -- 00:50:48
Discussion about custom thrashing continues, with mention of stooking; custom thrashing, stooking.
SIDE B 00:50:48 -- 00:54:24
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion, picking potatoes, and paving the roads; Harvest Excursion, wages, picking potatoes, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:54:24 -- 00:55:50
Discussion about apples and apple varieties, with mention of door to door peddling of apples and meats; apples, apple varieties, Baxter apples, Crimson Beauty apples, baking apples.
SIDE B 00:55:50 -- 00:59:33
Discussion about butchering pigs, and curing and storing meat; pigs, beef, pork, meat, ham, salted pork.
SIDE B 00:59:33 -- 01:04:09
Discussion about Heber MacQuarrie; ice boxes, ice man, Heber MacQuarrie, milk factory, milk, canteen, school van.
SIDE B 01:04:09 -- 01:07:32
Discussion about hauling cream and a story about selling baby chicks; Perfection Dairy, cream, Summerside, cream wagon, wages, chicks.
SIDE B 01:07:32 -- 01:09:41
Discussion about Moase's general store; New Annan, Harold Moase, Moase's general store, chocolate bars, cheese.
SIDE B 01:09:41 -- 01:15:41
Discussion about cattle farming, with mention of milking and breeding horses; cattle farming, cattle, Heifer, Holstein, 4-H Club, milking, bulls, traveling man, horse breeding.
SIDE B 01:15:41 -- 00:17:26
Discussion about chickens and eggs; hens, hatching eggs, Hampshire, chicken breeds, eggs, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, egg trading. Leghorn.
SIDE B 00:17:28 -- 01:19:07
Discussion about the Great Depression; Great Depression, potato prices, money.
SIDE B 01:19:07 -- 01:20:22
Discussion about the first telephones in the area; telephone, Wilmot Valley, Clark, Hogg.
SIDE B 01:20:22 -- 01:22:25
Discussion about his first radio; radio, crystal radio, radio earphones, 1920s, CHGS, Holman's, Wiley Beard.
SIDE B 01:22:25 -- 01:23:15
Discussion about superstitions and farming by the phases of the moon; phases of the moon, superstitions.
SIDE B 01:23:15 -- 01:24:33
Discussion about firewood; cutting firewood, firewood.
SIDE B 01:24:33 -- 01:28:29
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas tree, presents, Christmas goose, Santa Claus, Playboy, oranges.
SIDE B 01:28:29 -- 01:30:52
Discussion about farming sheep, wool, and carding mills; wool, sheep, carding mills, Oxford sheep, Leicester sheep, MacAusland's mill, sheep shearing, Holman's.
SIDE B 01:30:52 -- 01:33:34
Discussion about Holman's and other Summerside stores; Sinclair and Stewart, Holman's, Summerside, horses, horse sheds.
SIDE B 01:33:34 -- 01:36:15
Discussion about fox ranching; foxes, fox prices, Rayner, fox pens, fox ranching.
Tape ends at 01:36:15.
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