Episode 28

Farmer Boy Chapter 15 "Cold Snap"

This week we will dicuss carding wool, dyeing wool, planting pumpkins in May, planting corn and pumpkins together, how big an acre really is, 1866 crop yields, and saving freezing corn.

Ch. 14 "Sheep Sheering"

Join us this week as we talk about shearing sheep, sheep swimming, sheep butting, how long it takes to shear by hand, how often to shear, merino wool, and fleece weight.

Join us for a discussion of Chapter 13 of Farmer Boy, "The Strange Dog".

Topics for this episode include Morgan horses, horses' teeth, $200 in 2022 dollars, how much a Morgan horse is, setting the sponge for baking, and woodlots.

Farmer Boy Chapter 12 "The Tin Peddler"

This week we talk about rubbing down horses with clean cloths, Saranac New York, working exclusively with tin, trading rags, and a peddlars cart.

Farmer Boy Chapter 11 "Springtime"

Today we will discuss door sills, horse traces, furrows, the St. Lawrence River, pumphouses, lizards in New York (five-lined skinks), whistling girls, and Canada peas.

Chapter 10 "The Turn of the Year"

Today we discuss Scottish proverbs, winterberries, sugaring off, how big a bushel is, the railroad in Malone, how much $500 of 1866 dollars is in 2022, straw on the floors, and whitewashing.

Chapter 9 "Breaking in the Calves"

Join us as we discuss moosewood, gee and haw, oxen vs. cattle, Rocky Mountain oysters, augers, lynchpins, and sacré bleu!

Chapter 8 "Sunday"

Join us this week as we discuss currycombs, fullcloth, broadcloth, stock ties, merino wool, Uncle Wesley and Cousin Frank, how to make potato starch, the word "harrow", and apple pies with a slice of cheese.

Join us this week for chapter 7 of Farmer Boy entitled "Saturday Nights".

We discuss donuts, the Comanche, soft soap, shirts, and underwaists.

Chapter 6 "Filling the Ice House"

Join us this week as we discuss the Trout River, the French-Canadian population of Franklin County in 1860, crosscut saws, ice tongs, sawdust as insulation, apples and onions, and bird's nest pudding.