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“My mother grew up not far from where I live, and of course, those were the days when the children thinned corn by hand. Because of the hand planting, corn was planted in hills, came up to thick and the kids had the chore of thinning it down to three plants per hill.
“Women did the whole garden. They planted it, cared for it, gathered from it and preserved it. They canned in open kettles, cooking the fruit and vegetables for several hours. They cooked on wood stoves and they were able to serve anything that would be cooked today. They made biscuits and combread - my grandmother had a way of making yeast bread from potato water.
“We had ice boxes - they were on the porch or in a room away from the main, heated part of the house. They’d hold a hundred pounds of ice and last two or three days in the summer, longer in the winter.
“The women gathered eggs and often fed all the barnyard animals, as well as milking the cows. They’d strain the milk, let it set, then churn it into butter. If it didn’t “gather” they might try a pinch of soda if it was too warm, or a little warm water if it was too cold.
“Women made most of the clothes, of course. And sheets could be made out of
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