Letters to the Editor

Prince Albert tins came in handy off the farm, too

I read with interest Clell Ballard’s article on Prince Albert tobacco tins in the January 2022 issue of Farm Collector. Here in the west, mining claim documents were required to be displayed on the mine site. The document most often was displayed in a Prince Albert can under a stack of rocks. When hiking in the Arizona mountains, an out-of-place stack of rocks is generally a sign that you are on an old claim. If you are lucky, the claim and can will still be there. This photo shows a 1957 claim with its Prince Albert can that I picked up in the mountains in the early 1980s.

David Cave via email

Fearless young farmhand makes attempt at riding draft horses

As with virtually all of the articles and stories in Farm Collector, I so enjoyed “Farming with Horses” by Robert N. Pripps, in the January 2022 issue. His account brought back wonderful memories of working with horses, particularly the ‘gentle giant’ draft horses.

I was first exposed to these magnificent critters in the mid-1950s in Shelbyville, Indiana, while in high school when a retired farmer entrusted his retired team of English