84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24, 1990
On being *- —
a farm wife
Joyce Bnpp ““
-And other
hazards
A skim of ice coats the buckets
at the outside pens for calves.
Early sunshine on this clear,
crisp, bright morning has not yet
climbed above the dairy bam roof
to shine its thawing warmth upon
the thick, black-rubber, water
buckets. So, for the first of what
will be many times during this
impending winter season, I run a
bucket of steaming hot water to
pour onto the transparent, icy
coatings.
The calves always seem to
enjoy this ice-thawing routine and
quickly slurp up the warm water in
the buckets before turning their
muzzles back to their rations of
sweet feed mix. Chilly air gusts
between the old bank bam and the
calf nursery, one of the major
“wind tunnel” spots on this place
where the breeze is never-ending.
Chilly feet hurry me quickly
toward the basement after morn
ing chores, past fading maroon
blooms of late chrysanthemums
and through the cascade of golden
maple leaves tumbling toward
oblivion. Smoke curling above the
chimney hastens the feet to move
still faster toward a promise of
toasty toes.
And the warmth that rushes out
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Phone (717) 738-1121
with the opening of the base
ment’s old door is like the
embrace of a dear friend. Oh, how
we enjoy the coziness of the wood
stove!
Once a staple of every kitchen,
plus often other parts of family
living quarters, wood-burning
appliances fell out of favor with
the ease of electrification, natural
gas, and microwaves. Some
friends and relatives who grew up
carting in wood as a regular child
hood chore vow to never return to
those days.
But, never having toted wood as
a kid, though the Farmer did, I
have no lingering hangups about a
distasteful childhood chore. In
fact, the whole process of select
ing bits of bark and slivers of
wood, strategically placing
loosely-crumpled newspaper and
creating a bank of glowing coals
from a tiny flame seems a rather
creative and rewarding endeavor.
Plus a feeling of self-sufficiency
and savings, in light of current
fuel prices.
We’ve burned wood for winter
heat for about ten years now, for a
variety of reasons. In this old
house where the ruffled curtains
stir on gusty days (with the win-
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dows closed), the woodstove
offers a more steady and constant
heat than the backup system of oil
fumace forced-air. Free fuel lies in
plentiful supply over the farm’s
woodlots and fencerows. Only
shortage is in finding time to get it
cut and moved.
Mother Nature outdid herself a
few months ago in supplying our
firewood needs, literally, in the
back yard - plus the side yards,
greenhouse, front porch and park
ing area - with piles of downed,
giant limbs. When we finally got
the mini-tomado-mass cleared,
scattered piles of firewood lay as
testimony to the shredding of our
old maple trees. These last, linger
ing traces of the windstorm’s fury
are quickly disappearing.
Enough for several more years
of woodstove heat waits in the dry
cow pasture, where about a dozen
good-sized trees were ripped up
by their roots and laid over like so
many matchsticks.
Yes, the woodstove is dirty.
Yes, wood splinters and bits of
bark constantly litter the basement
carpet Yes, smoke and dust dis
color the white curtains’ ruffles
and darken the endless festoons of
cobwebs woven by our diligent
colony of spiders.
But that is a slight sacrifice for
the pleasure of sliding one’s
stinging-cold toes across the warm
apron of firebrick under and
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