This book was an idea that my mother gave me. She said "Why don't you do a book on the old-fashioned tools and old-fashioned ways from the past, like a century ago? That was a little over three years ago. Just recently I decided to go ahead and finish working on this informative composite of what our ancestors used way back in their days of growing up in our country. I still have the plow and corn shucker that came from my mother's house. Growing up in our family was very enlightening because we would always hear about what it was like when our parents grew up and some of the funny stories. I hope that all parents and grandparents will share this with their children and grandchildren.