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ensured 11 feet In diameter and 30 feet high,
of the moreprogressive farms of the time .was the
in which ice was stored for more than six months.
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The facility on the Ferguson farm was underground,
measuring 14 feeTsquare at-the bottom and nearly 16 feet' , •<. • _
, ,deep. “We!d sfatt at daylight to haul ice off the pond, and it Townshipwhenhe was a boy, andyetonly seven members in
" would talte all day to fillit, v Fergusonrecalled. Normally the his 11th grade graduating class He«spent his
men would wait until the pond was frozen over to a depth of senior year at Quarryvllle During those'years (the 1930’5) it
four to six inches, after which the ice was cut into blocks with also required that students pass entrance exams before
saws, and hauled out by horses. After being chopped down to going on to high school.
more manageable sizes, the chunks of ice were loaded on Reflecting on his family’s past, and pondering about
wagons and hauled to the “ice house,” which was really present developments, Ferguson says work was a lot harder
nothing more than a bole in the ground with a roof over it. a generation ago and longer. He can remember filling three
When finished, the men covered the ice with straw. That bams full with loose hay right up to the roof, for example,
insulated the contents enough to stay frozen until July. “We and adds that the practice was still common prior to World
could have had enough ice to last all summer,” commented War n.
Ferguson about the then modem method for cooling farm “You can’t get rich farming,” he concluded, “it’s just a
products, “but we would have had to have a larger ice way to make a living. It’s inflation of land values which make
house.” Prior to this innovation, milk and other products farms worth so much.” He also noted that the struggle in
were simply cooled by spring water. Once the ice was used Northern Ireland which gave cause to his ancestors’ hasty
up, farmers had to buy ice in town. a departure is still going on.
Other signs of the times at the Ferguson farm were an'old
wooden windmill which was used to pump water prior to 1930,
close to miles of “worm fences” and a woodpile which
was 60 feet long. The fences and woodpile kept men and boys
busy if there was nothing else to do.
The “worm fences,” had a tendency to blow over whenever
a storm swept through the area, according to Ferguson, and
he used to hate the thought of having to go after stray cows
and erecting fences. They were later replaced by the post and
rail variety. After that came woven wire fencing and today
it’s barbed wire and attractive board fences.
Another recollection the Fergusons have concerns
schooling. They report that “everybody went to a private
school untilthe early 1900’s. Pupils started at age seven and
stayed in for up to 10 years. Ferguson, who is a Penn State
1 graduate with a degree in agricultural economics, noted that
there were eight to 10 one-room school houses in Colerain
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UNIVERSITY PARK-
Leonard Greek, a student at
Red Lion High School, York
County, paced his school’s
dairy cattle judging team to
second place In the state
during FFA Week, held here
recently on the Penn State
University campus. He was
incorrectly identified in a
picture appearing on page 31
of last week’s issue of
Lancaster Farming. The
Red Lion student, who was
coached by vo-ag instructor,
Clyde Myers, placed eighth
in a group of 228.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 26.1976—73
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Ferguson and friend.
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