The Depression years of the 1930s forced farmers to be innovative while repairing their equipment, such as this wheel on Garnet Mclean’s seed drill.  |  Jim Duncan photo

A pioneer’s ingenuity: getting by during the Depression

Garnet Mclean and his wife moved to their homestead one mile north of Withrow in west-central Alberta in 1909. The homestead was 160 acres of poplar trees along with the occasional willow bush. It was all cleared by hand with an ax and a grub hoe during the next 30 years. The family consisted of […] Read more