Full audio file. NOTES: Due to technical difficulties, the quality of this taping session with Mr. Jeanquart of Namur, Wis. is very poor...Mr. Jeanquart has done farming all of his life (he has never held an outside job, although did fish in the winters for several years) and continues today of a part-time basis with his son-in-law. Born in 1899, he and his wife, Hattie, live in the house his parents built. He has been actively involved in farming, conservation, and local political organizations, so may be considered a community leader in that sense. He is a lively, intelligent man and quite proud of his farming background. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 1 - Introduction. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 2 - Quit school at 14 to work on family farm. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 3 - The Jeanquarts were dairy farmers. Caring for cattle and dairy production. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 4 - Harvesting Canada thistles with scythes. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 5 - Preparing Canada thistles for cattle feed. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 6 - Explanation of techniques for harvesting grain. Used horses and scythe to cut grain. Grain was stored for one month in order to let it dry before threshing. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 7 - Threshing machine was steam driven. Explanation of how many men were needed to run the machine, how the work was done, and how the men distributed the work and machine amongst several farms until they were all done in mid-November. A second threshing machine, called a "clover-hauler" was used in December. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 8 - Explanation of how much acreage the Jeanquarts' owned and the price per acre; how the property was dispersed amongst the siblings. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 9 - "Haying ...is the most important work on the farm.". Tape 2, Side 1, Part 10 - Henry was about 12 when the Jeanquarts purchased a hay loader. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 11 - How Henry and his wife loaded the hay after they were married. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 12 - Henry and his wife would unload the hay together into the mower. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 13 - Description of a hay chopper and a hay blower. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 14 - It was easier to feed cows with bailed hay. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 15 - Milking the cows and how the milk got to a distributor. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 16 - Description of the stoneware dishes his mother would use to store milk in wintertime. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 17 - Churning butter was one of Henry's jobs. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 18 - Potato stamps would be used to decorate butter. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 19 - Eggs and milk were weighed by the pound at the store. Pennymatches. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 20 - When milk began to be hauled to a factory, the people shopped at the store that was attached. There, credit was given for the eggs. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 21 - The Jeanquarts raised Belgian horses. Comparison of Belgian and Prussian horses - both types prevalent in the area. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 22 - Horse breeding. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 23 - The Jeanquarts raised about 2-3 colts per year. Usually, they had 9-10 horses around. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 24 - They traded horses for machinery. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 25 - Bailing and storing extra hay for winter. Tape 2, Side 2, Part 1 - Bailing and storing extra hay for winter. (Continued.).
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