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Survival of A People: Using our Natural Resources 1875-1975
Location: Central Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada

 
Small Family Farm
1 of 18 		Stewart Small using 'Harry' to plow a field
2 of 18 		Preparing to use her 'Scotch' spinning wheel
3 of 18 		Road repair work
4 of 18 		Earl Outhouse with his ox. Notice the plow on the back of the cart.
5 of 18 		Haying at Small's farm
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Oxen in Central Grove during the 1920s. These are a 'brindled' pair.
7 of 18 		Berry picking c. 1915
8 of 18 		Melzena Small is shown with one of the work horses on her family farm.
9 of 18 		Melzena Small with a lamb from their farm. Their chicken coop is seen in the background.
10 of 18 		Horace Johnson at his fishing camp near Flour Cove.
11 of 18 		Buckman's Landing c. 1920
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Looking northeast along the shore at Flour Cove showing old fish shacks and skids.
13 of 18 		Lillie Small at the front of a hunting camp built on the Small family farm .
14 of 18 		Picking up kindling pieces to aid in lighting the fire
15 of 18 		A load of brush destined to become insulation around the house during the fall and winter.
16 of 18 		Lillie Small with the last ox team,Spark and Diamond, to be used on Small's farm.
17 of 18 		Pearl Kennedy
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