Reminiscences of Newcastle, Iowa, 1848; a history of the founding of Webster City, Iowa . derbrush werecleared for the planting. Thorough grubbing and removalof brush roots usually prepared a very fair seed-bed anda very rich one, with less labor—at least for the oxen. Ithas been declared, perhaps facetiously, that a yoke of oxencould have been hitched to an end of a prairie-sod turnedby the plow, and a strip twenty rods long snaked from thefield without breaking it in two. Our patch of garden truck was raised duringthe sum-mer of 1850, on the east side of the river opposite the Chasemill site
Reminiscences of Newcastle, Iowa, 1848; a history of the founding of Webster City, Iowa . derbrush werecleared for the planting. Thorough grubbing and removalof brush roots usually prepared a very fair seed-bed anda very rich one, with less labor—at least for the oxen. Ithas been declared, perhaps facetiously, that a yoke of oxencould have been hitched to an end of a prairie-sod turnedby the plow, and a strip twenty rods long snaked from thefield without breaking it in two. Our patch of garden truck was raised duringthe sum-mer of 1850, on the east side of the river opposite the Chasemill site. Log canoes were used to facilitate the work ofcarrying produce. Log Canoe. The fashioning of log canoes required considerabletime and some degree of skill. A perfectly straight, or along-curved smooth section of log was chosen. The barkwas peeled and the ends shaped to the curved point upper surface of the log was slabbed off and the cavityoutlined by adzing and chipping. The space thus formedwas filled with live coals and the wood allowed to char. EARLY ENTERPRISES 19. ^-
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