[AT] Some ads from the 12/10 Lancaster Farming

[Rob Gray]

Mike Sloane wrote:

>
> Used slate, 14x18, $1.00 a piece; registered black Percheron mare, 4 
> yrs., excellent broke, $2,500; springing heifer, $2,200; Lancaster 
> Co., 717-768-8875. [for those of you who don't live in the area, slate 
> was a very common roofing material, but eventually it flakes away or 
> the nails holding it rust out. And they aren't making new. So used 
> slates in good condition are very valuable.]


Regarding slate - I live in a region called the "slate belt" where slate 
quarrying was the industry for many decades (probably from about 1850 to 
1930's). The local high school mascot is the "slaters" and most houses 
in the area still have slate roofs, although the old slate roofs are 
disappearing more and more each decade. My house still has a slate roof. 
Slate makes a great roof but today such a roof is too expensive to 
recreate for a common person.  The ones made with the slate from this 
area last about 70 to 100 years. Mine is about 70 years old. I hope to 
get about another 25 years out of it....


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