Poetry:
Threshing Time - by Maisie Sutherland
Depression and War 1939 - 1945 - by Betty Blythe
My Farm - by Doreen Callbeck
Features:
Buffalo Wallows - by Leonard Loppe
Physical characteristics of buffalo wallows; harvesting grass from buffalo wallows during 1937 for livestock feed; being caught in a prairie fire.Native Farm Help in the Depression Years - by Peggy Durant
Native people from various reserves helping out with stooking, field pitchers, spiker pitchers, cook cars; searching for senica root, selling willow pickets and jack and whitefish.Meet Penny Powers - by Will Chabun
Lillian McConnell's experiences as the first "Penny Powers", a consumer educator for Saskatchewan Power Corporation.The Winter of 1947 - by Isabelle Eaglesham
Prairie winter storms could be so dense that neighbourhood children were unable to go to their home, 91 metres away.Saskatchewan War Brides - by Kay Garside
The beginnings of the Saskatchewan War Brides Association and the names of many women on the executive.Mendits and Enamel Dishes - by Leonard Loppe
Enamelware as a household staple and their repair with 'mendits'; china dishes often as a premium inside boxes of oatmeal.Rural Telephones - by Norman Roebuck
The establishment of rural telephone companies; life as a telephone repairman; the beginnings of the Saskatchewan Government Telephones.Life before Television - by Freda Mang
Work and play in the country for children and teenagers.Working Out During Harvest - by Naden Hewko
Youth from Eastern Canada and new immigrants to Saskatchewan helped with the prairie harvest; Slavie Hewko's experience as hired help in the Lloydminster area.A Painful Incident - by Peggy Durant
The author's childhood experience of a wagon wheel rolling over her leg.Working on the Railroad - by John M. Lefebvre
Working on Canadian Pacific railway track maintenance with a 'speeder'; the speeder's usefulness as a passenger ambulance and bus.Star City - Beginnings - by Dorothy Armstrong
The founding and growth of Star City, Saskatchewan.Round Hill - Mount Carmel - by Allen Ronaghan
The many stories and names associated with a hill currently known as Mount Carmel.Wells and Slop Pails - by Leonard Loppe
The lack or abundance of water for farms in the 1930s; the function of the slop pail in the farm kitchen.Farm Water Supply - by Norman Roebuck
Locating, digging or drilling and retrieving well water.Has Anyone Seen a Cougar? - by Marjorie Avery
Multiple sightings of a cougar the Kelvington district are disbelieved until the animal is witnessed by a RCMP officer.Country School Dances - by Laurine Milne
Hijinks associated with school dances, travel to and from the school house where the dances were held; convincing a younger sister that dressing as a lady for the dance was preferred.Book Review of Deemed Unsuitable - by R. Bruce Shepard
A historical account of the racism experienced by Black Americans who moved to the Canadian Prairies in the early 20th century.A Close Call - by Marjorie Avery
Smoldering sparks in brush piles ignite, endangering the hay harvest in the drought year of 1961.