Mattes, Rudolph 1985 December 19
Scope and Content Note: Topics covered in interview include background, lime kiln use, liming soil, stone cutting, slacking lime, stone cutting, kiln description, tailings from kiln, origins of kiln, wood used in kiln, kiln destroyed in use, mortar from kiln, stone fencing, stone ditching, mortaring trough, sealing with mortar, used for church, shingle laying; Topics covered in interview include intestine turning, use of spoon handle, headcheese making, changing carcass, cutting for chops, use of brain and stomach, hanging sausage, storing meat in oats, rendering lard, cracklings, tongue use, grain cutting, commercial beer making from barley, old reaper not used, grain planting, grain bundling, grain shocking, flail use by grandfather, grain cradling, stump fencing, rail fencing and binder use, corn planting, cutting and shocking, husking, no sweet corn grown, use of silo