Tag: farm

John Crawley’s bee yard in Colton

John Crawley’s bee yard in Colton

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.

Filling silo at the Allen Farm in Canton

Filling silo at the Allen Farm in Canton

A neighborhood work circle is getting ready to fill silo at Theron Allen Farm. Six men are on or beside horse drawn wagons. There’s a young boy in the foreground. Circa September of the 1910s. Canton, NY.