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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 26 - Pruning.
Circa Spring 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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Asterfield was also a dairy farm. AA Brooke had Holstein cattle.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 37 - Bringing the Holstein cows home.
Late summer 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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Wanting to improve his stock in 1918, Brooke procured a Holstein Friesian bull. The cows produced award winning milk. The following image shows father and daughter cleaning the pieces of the cream separator and milking pails.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 22 - Cleaning the cream separator.
Circa 1923
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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Brooke was keen about his herd. To protect the animals, Brooke fenced his property. As the farm straddled the Salmon River, the fence also crossed the river.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 32 - Building a fence to protect the farm animals.
July 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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The herd and Brooke family had to be fed. Each spring, fields were dug and crops planted. Daughter Ruth is pictured on a disc-harrow, a heavy machine that breaks up the land, loosening weeds, and readying it for planting.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 25 - Loosening the topsoil with the disk harrow.
April 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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The Story of Ruth - Book Four - Image 33 - Using the disk harrow.
Spring 1927
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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The farmer grew barley which was later stooked to dry.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 36 - Stooking barley sheaves.
Aug. 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke
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He also planted hay.
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The Story of Ruth - Book Four - Image 09 - Driving the fork horse during haying time.
Circa July 1926
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke