He
would buy his wood by the foot, would fell the tree himself and would transport
it home. There he would square it with his axe and stack it on two great
trestles, where it was allowed to dry out for several months.
He would
make frames, doors, windows, sometimes carts and barrows, and also coffins.
His only holiday was Sunday when he used to go into the fields to identify
the trees he would buy when conditions were right. He was also often the
cartwright and would make parts for ploughs, barrows and carts.
The introduction
of mecanisation (and the appearance of electric motors around 1930) made
his work that much easier.
