North Country At Work

A woman stands in a field holding a dish. Chickens feed from a trough on the ground. Circa 1910. Hermon, NY.

A man stands in a field on the Walrath Farm, feeding poultry. He holds a grain bucket, and is surrounded by chickens. Circa 1910. Hermon, NY.

A farmer, possibly William Maybee, holds an empty bucket next to a flock of Hampshire sheep in the snow next to a barn. Circa 1920. Hermon, NY.

People standing outside Cook’s Hotel in Colton. Note the deer hanging from the porch roof, being cured before butchering process. Circa 1899-1907. Colton, NY.

Unknown bee yard worker in bee yard on the John Crawley farm. The supers, or bee boxes, are homemade (some of these re-purposed wooden crates have names of products the boxes were originally used to ship, e.g., coffee). The worker is holding a bee smoker. Circa 1910. Colton, NY.

Men posing outside the New York Central Railroad station with a trophy deer on a luggage wagon. Circa 1900. Newton Falls, NY.

Bishop Shipman standing with ox team on the Wallace Farm on Mead Road in Canton. Herbert Judd is standing in the background. Circa 1924. Canton, NY.

A boy tending chickens at W.E. Church’s hennery. Both Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns were bred at the hennery, and both are pictured here. 1911. Canton, NY.

Bill Gray, trapper instructor, on the right, and his son Jack Gray. Bill and Jack both worked with E.J. Dailey, a well-known trapper in the Lisbon area. Circa late 1980s to early 1990s. Lisbon, NY.

Ruth Muller stands behind a flock of her turkeys, which she raised for sale, on the 5 Mile Line Road. 1942. Lisbon NY. Click here to read a North Country at Work story on a turkey markets.