SIDE A 00:00:07 -- 00:07:35
Discussion about working at a lumber camp in Plaster Rock; wages, lumber camp, Plaster Rock, 1899, log driving, softwood, timber, snuff, tobacco, dancing.
SIDE A 00:07:35 -- 00:10:40
Discussion about the Spanish Flu, which he caught in 1918; 1918, Spanish Flu.
SIDE A 00:10:40 -- 00:13:35
Discussion about his father John Alec MacPherson and farming, with mention of stumping and horses; Jim Alec, horses, plowing, stumping, John Alec MacPherson, farming, traveling man.
SIDE A 00:13:35 -- 00:14:32
Discussion about traveling men and horse breeding; traveling man, horse breeding, stallion.
SIDE A 00:14:32 -- 00:18:34
Discussion about his farm, with mention of potato varieties and pigs; potato varieties, blue potatoes, blue potatoes and herring, pigs, pig feed.
SIDE A 00:18:34 -- 00:23:19
Discussion about his first tractor and farming with horses; tractors, horses, trading horses, bareback riding.
SIDE A 00:23:19 -- 00:24:23
Brief discussion about the Halifax Explosion and farms in Dunblane; Halifax Explosion, 1917, Dunblane.
SIDE A 00:24:23 -- 00:27:05
Discussion about sharing and how neighbours helped each other; farm machinery, sharing, neighbours, firewood.
SIDE A 00:27:05 -- 00:28:36
Discussion about deep snow and breaking the road; deep snow, breaking the road.
SIDE A 00:28:36 -- 00:31:05
Discussion about traveling, doctors, and family; appendicitis, doctors, traveling, birth, big families.
SIDE A 00:31:05 -- 00:31:54
Discussion about farming, with mention of digging and picking potatoes; farming, picking potatoes, digging potatoes.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:54.
SIDE B 00:32:09 -- 00:36:24
Discussion about farming continues, with mention of farm machinery and horsepower; reaper, farm machinery, binders, thrashing, horsepower.
SIDE B 00:36:24 -- 00:41:20
Discussion about traveling 15 miles to haul mussel mud; mussel mud, fertilizer, potato scabs.
SIDE B 00:41:20 -- 00:42:54
Discussion about farming, with mention of crops and livestock; farming, livestock, livestock feed, turnips.
SIDE B 00:42:54 -- 00:45:58
Discussion about apples, oats, and thrashing; apples, oats, horse feed, thrashing.
SIDE B 00:45:58 -- 00:48:24
Discussion about pesticides and herbicides; Paris Green, Bluestone, pesticides, herbicides, blight, top killer.
SIDE B 00:48:24 -- 00:49:33
Discussion about big farming today; big farms, farming.
SIDE B 00:49:33 -- 00:50:32
Discussion about the first tractor he remembers; Ellis, tractor, farm machinery, custom harrowing.
SIDE B 00:50:32 -- 00:51:37
Discussion about his father's farm, with mention of horse and cows; horses, horses, cows, colts, cattle feed, milk.
SIDE B 00:51:37 -- 00:52:28
Discussion about eggs and butter; butter, eggs.
SIDE B 00:52:28 -- 00:54:01
Discussion about the first car he remembers, with mention of scared horses at an election; cars, Charlie MacDougall, horses, 1920s.
SIDE B 00:54:01 -- 00:55:59
Discussion about ice travel and horse races on the ice; ice travel, winter, ice horse races, horse and sleigh.
SIDE B 00:55:59 -- 00:58:07
Discussion about courting, with mention of horse and buggies and box socials; box socials, horse and buggy, socials, courting.
SIDE B 00:58:07 -- 01:00:03
Discussion about his first trip to Summerside, with mention of fireworks and traveling home in a lobster boat; fireworks, Summerside, traveling.
SIDE B 01:00:03 -- 01:03:56
Discussion about his going to work in the lumber woods; lumber woods, traveling, walking, Plaster Rock.
Tape ends at 01:03:56
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