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thought some of that land looked like it was just burnt up.” Rosy describes himself as the “mechanic and welder for this country.” 1 asked him about some of his farming practices. He used to use horse-drawn machinery, he said, but relies on a tractor now because “horses is hard to find nowadays. ‘Spensive too I’ve worked machines and I've worked with horses. I’ve farmed with horses and I’ve logged with horses.” I asked him if he thought horses provided the best method of logging. “Now. I won’t say that usin’ horses was the best way,” he said thoughtfully. “Hit didn’t tear up the land so much, nor damage the timber. The machines they use now tears up the timber. Horses helped me to log all across that territory clear across that mountain. But I won't say it was the best way."
Rosy did acknowledge, however, that logging with horses was safer. “Yes, I would say hit was safer. You can still get roughed up, now — you put a wild team in the woods and watch out! But I would say it was safer than them machines."
Rosy had no resentment of modern machines or woods workers (called “woods hicks” in that area). Rather, he expressed a genuine concern that the timberlands were being degraded, thereby threatening the economic viability of the logging profession. “Loggers is putting themselves out of business,” he said.
For me, the memories of this isolated, idyllic farm and the sensitive, respectful people who live there will always be a treasure. Wish you could have tasted some of that cheese.
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