North Country At Work

Herbert and Addie Thompson pose in their chicken yard. 1950. Osbornville in the Town of De Kalb, NY.

The David Bullock homestead on Elm Creek. Pictured are the family posed in front of a log cabin and outbuilding. From left to right: David, Laura, and Daisy Bullock, and Elizabeth Carrykill Laura Mather. Circa 1870s. On Elm Creek in Stellaville, NY.

Orson Crane and Elvira Chamberlain Crane, pictured at their family farm at Chamberlain Corners on Madrid Road. Their son Walter is standing on a wagon hitched to a team of horses. Circa 1900-1910. Norfolk, NY.

Frank Squire, a 4th generation farmer, cutting hay on the same farm his great grandfather, Aschbel Squire, cleared in 1803. This job used to be done with a scythe. In this picture he’s using a John Deere # 5 sidebar mower and John Deere tractor. Squire Farm is one mile west of Hopkinton on Hopkinton-Potsdam […]

Kellogg Morgan, a small boy, in the process of feeding a mixed flock of fancy hens. In the background is a white house. Circa 1900. Hermon, NY.

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

Three men work to fill a silo using an ensilage cutter on the W.M. Corey Farm. Circa 1912. 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.

An unidentified farm worker is raking hay into haycocks, small piles of hay that would be loaded onto a wagon to bring to the barn mow, or piled into haystacks in the field. Home in the background. Circa 1910. Richville, NY. Donated by Mr. Judd.