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There is a particular kind of notebook that turns up when an old farm changes hands. Page after page of dates, each with a few figures beside it:…
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In 1974 putting up hay on an American farm meant a crew. Six, eight or ten people - neighbours trading labour, relatives, and every teenager in the township…
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In 1964 the school Christmas programme was the largest indoor gathering of the year in a great many American communities - bigger than any meeting, filling the gymnasium…
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In 1974 a small American producer with six calves hauled them to a sale barn on its fixed weekly day - Tuesday in one town, Thursday in the…
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In 1964 the surviving American summer kitchens were already a remnant - a second cooking space a few steps from the house, or an enclosed back porch with…
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In 1974 an apple butter boiling was an all-day outdoor operation and the reason was mechanical rather than social.
The mixture in a copper kettle over an open…