TTM he got me 300 ice .75, R & I picked pail apples. went to Shavers got 12 bags saw dust for packing ice. killed one broiler for Marguerite 3lbs 14 oz alive .62. burned brush pile in orchard, rained quite hard 12 to 2. We burned 2 brush piles south along road. Carl & I went to Syracuse (Crooflots) got ice box home at 8:45.
16 Aug
Posted by Jim on 2010/10/26 at 4:16 pm
“killed one broiler for Marguerite”
Carl (dad) bought a dairy farm in Cortland in 1948 (?) and renovated the barn and a shed into chicken coops. It is not suprising that we ate a lot of chicken and eggs. Dad often would kill a chicken on Sunday for dinner. “killed one broiler”, brought back a memory of dad killing a chicken one Sunday as we kids stood and watched. After chopping off the chickens head, the chicken jumped off the chopping block and ran part way around the barn before it fell dead. It was an early lesson in biology and an interesting dinner eating the spooky chicken.
Posted by kirstencappy on 2010/10/26 at 4:35 pm
Yes, and not the era where you could say, “Dad, I am a vegetarian!”