gardens. The womenfolk were seen travelling to Charlottetown very early in the mornings, with the vegetables from these gardens. Once there, they sold their produce from stalls located on the old Marketplace in downtown Charlottetown. The extra income came in darn handy.

Many of the now retired farmers of Brackley, have repeatedly stated that farming at the turn of the century and following the Great War was easier than it is now. There were no huge all-or-none investments to constantly worry over, for the typical acreage of their farms ranged only from seventy—five to one hundred acres. Today, farming is done on a much larger scale, with the majority of the successful farms being in excess of one hundred and seventy-five acres. Furthermore, with the introduction of farming machinery ”en masse”, modern farmers are besieged by ad- ditional costs and lost time when their machinery breaks down, as it frequently does. In the early days, the maiority of farm machinery that was used, depended solely on horse power. Take for example, the horse powered treadmill that was in use on many forms in the Brackley area at the time of Lester Sellick. It consisted of a large strong frame which held two horses on a sloping, revolving, plank platform. As the horse walked,

the mill revolved and a belt conveyed power from a huge fly wheel. Most farmers, therefore, had to own at least two or three horses.

Horses in useonaBrackley farm Old farm machinery: an old in .7934. grain roller in use on a Brackley

farm in 7944.

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