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	~	~ •Tar3ning and~ oùring pig an~ cow hides ~ae done,, . b~t ~ ~. Claude never eat the procese parforme4 d~wing e1a~ery. C~audt

had no epeàial d~utiee on the p1antet~on on~:acoount et hie youth, After ooti;on was picked. f~‘om the fields the seeds were picked out by ]iand~, the cotton wae then carda4 fo~ *~irther uee4 The cotton eeet wae ‘used ae fertilizer. In ~baUng cotton burlap bage were used on the ~ba1ee, The eoap used was made froiu a~aking hiokor~ or oak woo~I and b~rn1ng it to aehee~ The aùea were placed in a tub e1nd water poured ovem them. T1iia wae le!t to B,t~ After aet— ting for a certain tize the water from the ashes waa pour$ into a pot oonta1inirig grease. This waa boiled. for a certain tiae an& the~

left to oool, The ~eeu1t wae a pot mil of eoft mibetanoe varying in.

color from white to yellow, this wae oa11ed~ lye soap. This wae then cut in~to:bare ae &eeixed Thr use. ~ . . ~

Tor dyeing thread~ and. cloth, red. oak bark, eweet

gum bark and. ehoómake roota were boi1ed~ in water, The sash tube were 1ai~ge wooden tuba having one bandle With holes in it ~Oa‘ the ~1nge:e. Ohioken and goose teatheri weie always carefully sa~et ~ to make feathei ~at~esaea. Claude rea~eabers when iomen vOrs hoop

•kirt.i• Re wae about 20 yeare of age when narrow ekirta biceEie faahionable for women. During e1a~ery the faaily only used slats on the beds, it was after the war that he saw hie first eprtng bed, and at ~that tine the first buggy. Thte buggy vas dri~ by ~
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