Dear Sarah,
I can no longer depend on the fur trade to make a living. I have turned to agriculture. It is very hard work. Ma says to stop working out in the sun too long. The people in Upper Canada have it easy. Some of the farms there were already established since the days of New France. Towns there also offer lots of services to the surrounding areas. Here in Upper Canada there is so much work to be done. Even to start a farm is excruciating work. My lot is completely covered in forest! First I had to chop down trees in a section of my plot. Then I had to plant wheat in between the stumps. It may take several years for the stumps to rot, and then I would have to remove them. I don't have much room for my crops, but I will try to make do with the amount of free space I already have.
Your brother,
George Davis Lanott
A good way to get rid of the tree stumps is to burn it down.Also, this is a question of interest, but what did u do with all the wood that you have chopped down?
ReplyDeleteI can't really burn the stumps down because of the chance of a forest fire in the surrounding area. Most of the wood that was cleared out was used for our new home and furniture. The rest was taken out to the plains and burned, so the fire can't spread to the forest.
Delete