Patricia: Picking strawberries in Barry County is as much a part of the history as canning tomatoes. And - I don't think the canning factories were set up to make jelly or jams. Anyway - I never heard of that being part of a canning factory in Barry. If any of you have heard of that - please let us know. In the early 1900's Butterfield had a huge stawberry shed and a lot of growers. There were several all around the county but a Strawberry Growers Association somewhere around Butterfield or Purdy, I think. One of the Cowherds was the president of it for awhile. We have a photo of the sheds on the Butterfield page. The early newspapers tell a lot about growing stawberries in the county. Purdy and Butterfield had some big fields and several growers. In one news item, I read where my Great grandfather, Jamie Mooney, bought several strawberry plants in 1917. His oldest sons planted 15,000 starawberry plants that spring. I also remember the story as it was told by my grandfather. There were 3 different kinds of plants and each son had 5 000 and a certain varity to plant. That was in the Washburn area. There were still several growers around the county in the 1950's. Leon Stewart had a big patch west of Washburn. And also there were several big fields scrattered all around the county during that time. Donna -------Original Message------- From: mobarry@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:36:47 To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo Thanks. The reason I ask is that my husband's grandma used to go to Barry County from St. Louis every year to help her family harvest strawberries. Just wondered if they made jelly and jam, too. Patricia --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Tomatoes. Those are tomato crates on the ground and there is a woman > on the > left holding 3 tomatoes. > > In the 1930's and 1940's there were several tomato canning companies > around > the county. Donna > > -------Original Message------- > > From: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 11:16:13 > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo > > A silly question: Does anybody know what they were canning? Patricia > Topolski > > --- Donna Cooper <saarisr@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > List Readers: Our featured photo for this week is of the canning > > factory in > > Pioneer. Alice Allen shared this great old photo with us a few days > > ago. > > > > For several days now I have been looking at this photo and > wondering > > who all > > the people are who are pictured and thinking since the photos so > > clear that > > we should be able to identify some of them. So earlier this morning > I > > looked > > through some photos that I have of the Haddock family to do a > > comparison. I > > may be wrong, but it looks to me like the man sitting on the crate > > and > > behind the tree with his arms crossed might be Claude Everett > > Haddock. I > > have 3 photos of him but only one really shows his face so I am not > > sure > > about my identity. If you can help, please let me know. My address > is > > given > > below. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm > > > > Again, thanks, Alice, for sharing this wonderful piece of Pioneer > > history > > with us. > > > > Donna Cooper > > > > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is > > Donna Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > ______ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > http://overview.mail > yahoo.com/ > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. 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