This is the second house we lived in as a family. Both the first and the second houses were outside of the little village of Burketon, Ontario. This house definitely had no electric power, no running water, no telephone. We had a Coleman lantern for light, but mom couldn't always get it to go, so we had to wait until dad would come home to light it, or else our neighbour would come and do it.
The barn had a some grains in it; we were welcome to use them if we wanted to. Dad sometimes made rye bread. We had to provide water for the cows, not a bad job to pump the water on a nice day, but cows need to drink no matter how hot or how cold, whether it is raining, or whether mosquitoes decided it was time for dinner.
Did I tell you that the outhouse was in the backyard?
When Barbara and I made the sentimental journey to these two houses, we found them easily enough, but they had been renovated and looked much better than when we lived in them.