SEGMENT: CHICKENS & FARMHOUSE
Irma Long>UIS Collection K-M>UIS Collection K-M, Segment 6
- CHICKENS
- Got rid of chickens & parakeet when daughter contracted histoplasmosis.
- FARMHOUSE
- Irma describes the family farm facilities when she was a child. Notes smokehouse, canning, holiday treats, marketing of eggs (for groceries). Mentions use of lard from meat as shortening, mother's washing work, & carrying water from well. Describes new farmhouse in which each bedroom had a wood stove. Notes old pond with catfish.
