Painting Description

When disaster struck in the bush, these young Mennonite farmers improvised. The wagon tongue broke as they attempted to move the load, so they set to shaping a new one right there on the spot. This ingenuity is typical of the “plain people”. It is not unusual to spot a piece of machinery in the field that has been cobbled together from several sources. The farm shops and business also back up this idea of “make do or make better”.

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