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"Our dad would get on to us for riding the saw."
Buffalo Island: Crosscut Saw
"If that holds five gallons, you've probably got about four when get to the top with it."
Buffalo Island: Well Bucket
"I hate to think about these!"
Buffalo Island: Hay Cradle
"You make some cracklins. That's the skin off a hog. They fix it and they make cracklins and they were good."
Buffalo Island: Black Pot
"If you weren't careful, it would kick back and break your arm."
Buffalo Island: Tractor Crank
"That was hard work but one thing about it was you didn't have to do it everyday."
Buffalo Island: Mule Shears
"You go out until you get the correct weight."
Buffalo Island: Cotton Scales
"That was the way of life back then. We didn't know any different."
Buffalo Island: Breaking Plow
"Put their feed up in the barn and they'll have it all winter long."
Buffalo Island: Hay Pulley
"They say they pull but really they push with their shoulder."
Buffalo Island: Horse Collar
"They just lived off the land."
Agriculture in Buffalo Island
"Gins were vital because they got the product out."
Cotton Ginning

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