. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. eat untilthe next great occasion arose. The far-mer grew his own wheat, and hauled itover impossible roads to the flour millwhere it was ground, and so back for thefarmers wife to bake into the necessaryloaves. Instead of drawing his milk tothe creameries to take part of the pro-ceeds back in trimly papered squares ofbutter, the farmers wife herself wieldeda vigorous arm about the stone churn,save in some of the more progressivefarms where, by means of a treadmillarrangement a shamed and reluctant dogws impressed into the work. The cheer-ful buzz of th
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. eat untilthe next great occasion arose. The far-mer grew his own wheat, and hauled itover impossible roads to the flour millwhere it was ground, and so back for thefarmers wife to bake into the necessaryloaves. Instead of drawing his milk tothe creameries to take part of the pro-ceeds back in trimly papered squares ofbutter, the farmers wife herself wieldeda vigorous arm about the stone churn,save in some of the more progressivefarms where, by means of a treadmillarrangement a shamed and reluctant dogws impressed into the work. The cheer-ful buzz of the cream separator had notbeen heard in the land, and the coolcream cellar with its rows of pans andskimming paraphernalia were an indis-pensable adjunct to the farm. The tra-veling shoemaker was an institution. Hecame and stayed a week and shoed thewhole family in return for his board anda pittance that even a bargain shoe storeto-day would laugh at. The farmer alsograzed a few sheep, sheared them him- 60 HARDWARE AND METAL June 30, 19r,. Winnipeg from St. Boniface Ferry Landing—a few years after Confederation. self, in his odd moments, took the wool tothe mill to be turned into homespun,which was made up into clothes by theever diligent farmers wife. What shelacked in skill she made up in energy,and the garments served, though it wassaid of the boy of the period that youcould not tell from his trousers whetherhe was going to school or coming the only thing that the farmercould not get on his own farm was was one of the great staples of thegrocery trade of the period. Kerosene,a new and malodorous product, was be-ginning to gain popularity as an illu-minant. In the cities and larger towns,of course, things were considerably dif-ferent. Gas had been introduced as anilluminant. In Montreal, Toronto, andHalifax, even street cars had been intro-duced, horse-drawn, bobbing vehicles,with a tendency to relinquish the trackat frequent intervals. Still, trade in
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