A man in Ontario is taking one last whack at making and selling corn brooms for curling. It’s a small thing, and a tiny trade. The pulse of a once-booming industry can now be measured by the 20 ...

Corn brooms, in the hands of a deft front end, added syncopation. “That was part of the thrill when I was a kid, listening to curling games being broadcast on the radio,” Folk says.