INDUSTRIES CARRIAGE BUILDING

John R. Thompson lived at Belmont Corner and had a carriage shop there in l890. He carried on the building for l0 or IE years, then sold the building to Matthew Gamble who continued in the same business for a number of years.

TANNING

Another early industry was the tanning of hides. This was carried on by Matthew Higgins in his tannery at Belmont Corner.

SAN MILL

James Auld ran the first sawmill around 1890 where Ivan Clark lives now. There was no circular saw then, instead they used long blades which went up and down, cutting on the up stroke and were driven by water power. This mill produced lumber for building purposes.

MUSSEL MUD DIGGING

In the spring of the year farmers used to haul a great deal of mud from Malpeque Bay to fertilize their land. The digger had a wooden frame-work, the top part was made in a “V” shape with a vertica capstan under the point of the ”V“. The fork for digging had a twenty-five foot stem with an iron scoop on it. Lifting the mud was done by attach- ing a heavy chain to the fork reeving it around the capstan. This was rotated by using a pole to which a horse was hitched. The horse went aroun in a circle.

FARM FENCES

When considerable land was cleared it was fenced with zig-zag fences made of poles cut in equal lengths and placed on top of one another to a height of about four feet. Later stakes were

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