Grade 4 school children in the area gathered at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford for a harvest session. It was a cold, nasty day and it was snowing. In spite of the weather, two bleachers were filled with children and added seating soon filled up.
The fields were too soft to use the big steam tractor, so smaller tractors and horses were put into service. Volunteers described the process of cutting and stooking grain. That brings harvesting to an end for the museum. Now comes cleanup and getting everything back.
While the threshing was going on, there was a work bee of volunteers going on in the workshop. They were busy taking an antique gas tractor apart to be made operable. A big thank you goes out to all the volunteers that helped out in the shop and with the threshing and harvesting. Volunteers are always welcome at the museum.
There has been a long delay for farmers due to the sudden change in the weather. We certainly have had our share of rain and snow and the temperatures have been cold to the freezing point.
We go through a spell called the equinox Sept. 16 to 21 every year. There has been hardly a year when there has been no moisture falling. Now that has passed, we have left summer behind and are into the fall season. Once this system moves out to bring in much milder dry conditions, the harvest will continue. It’s not the first year of harvest in October.
Good luck to all the harvesters in getting done before the main snow falls as winter sets in.
A pat on the back, a hand shake and a big thank you goes out to a resident of the Bridge Road condo for all the time he has taken to go out in all kinds of weather to pick up the garbage people throw out along the streets, roads, highways and vacant lots. It is such a shame that so many people throw out all this trash. If you see a man out walking, carrying a garbage bag in one hand and a pick up stick in the other, that’s our man. He has walked many a mile in the process of picking up garbage.
