SEGMENT: FARM EQUIPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, & LIVESTOCK
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 7
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- FARM EQUIPMENT
- Early on sowing done "just like in Bible times." Later a "windmill" like machine would whirl seeds. It was carried on neck with seed bag around waist. Later they developed a "tin-horn" device to sow seeds. Describes "tin-horn" device. Wheat drill later developed. Describes harvesting of wheat, timothy, alfalfa. Discusses mowers used for alfalfa and hay. Describes his father talking about running scythe. Scythe used around home & to cut brush at edge of timber.
- WILD PLANTS
- Mentions hazelnut cutting. Compares hazelnut to philbert.
- ENVIRONMENT
- Ground where hazelnut grew was valuable, as was hickory. People would buy ground where hazelnut & hickory grew. Farmers would not buy ground covered in post-oak, because it wasn't much good. Recalls farmer in OK plowing through timber with 1 plow blade drawn by oxen.
- LIVESTOCK
- Does not recall much use of oxen, except for wagons heading west. Oxen good for hauling wood in timber.
