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The Story of Ruth - Book Two - Image 04 - Family gardens.
Circa 1923
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 50 - Coiling alfalfa hay.
Summer 1928
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 51- Loading hay.
August 1928
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 Three - Image 43A - Harvesting mangels.
Circa 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke

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A potato bake at harvest time was a treat looked forward to.

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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 41 - Harvesting potatoes.
1926
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 Three - Image 42A - Enjoying roasted potatoes that were just harvested.
Circa 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.

Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke

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Everyone worked on the farm, including the youngest member of the family.

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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 39 - Ruth feeding the hens.
Circa 1920's
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
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Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke

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Ruth tended the chickens, plowed the fields, and drove the horses.

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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 01 - Ruth trying her hand on the plow.
Circa Spring 1924
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
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Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke

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The Story of Ruth - Book Three - Image 19 - Ruth loves to drive the horses every chance she gets.
Feb. - March 1925
Brooke residence "Asterfield", Mt. Ida District in the Salmon Valley, Salmon Arm, B.C.
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Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke

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Salmon Arm was an established fruit growing area known for its non-irrigated apples. Although fruit trees thrived on the bench lands above, Brooke and other farmers tried growing fruit on the valley or bottomland. This painting shows that Brooke kept busy pruning fruit trees.

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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.
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Credits:
Arthur Adair Brooke