A Family Lumber Business

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Though
Though "wood-in-the-rough" was on hand to process for resale, orders for custom planning and resawing kept the Wright's family lumber business busy for weeks.
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The Wright women find they prefer the sweet scent of pine, spruce, and cedar to the farm's former bovine aroma.
The Wright women find they prefer the sweet scent of pine, spruce, and cedar to the farm's former bovine aroma.
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The empty barn was a sad, lonely place after the animals were sold. But it's not sad or lonely anymore!
The empty barn was a sad, lonely place after the animals were sold. But it's not sad or lonely anymore!
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Learning about the lumber business in an exciting, new challenge for the Wrights' children.
Learning about the lumber business in an exciting, new challenge for the Wrights' children.
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Equipment and customers were found through the best form of advertising: word-of-mouth.
Equipment and customers were found through the best form of advertising: word-of-mouth.

Way back in 1971 (when MOTHER EARTH NEWS was still a mere girl), our
family escaped the clutches of city pollution in all its
varied forms and fell in love with the scrubbed-clean air
of rural Haliburton County, Ontario.

  • Published on Nov 1, 1979
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