North Country At Work

Cora Darling, the sister of Len Anibal, feeding a calf at Darling Farm in lower Benson. Circa 1920s-1930s. Benson, NY. Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Historian’s Office.

Man herds sheep and cows in corral at Beaver Meadow Farm. Circa 1880. North Creek, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience

William Schoonmaker and horse at the watering trough on the Griffin Farm. Log barn in background on right. 1910. Indian Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Pigs and piglets in pig sty with tree stumps. Man stands in background wearing hat and jacket. Photograph by Henry M. Beach. Circa 1910. Piercefield, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Man holds a bull by nose ring.  Photograph by George W. Baldwin. Circa 1894. Keeseville, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

The Hoffmeister brothers stacking hay near Morehouse Lake. Man on right uses hay rake to steady pile. Photograph by Grotus Reising. Circa 1895. Morehouse, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Man on the seat of a horse-drawn reel lawn mower. Photograph by Frank J. McCormick. Tupper Lake, NY. Circa 1890-1910. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Men loading bundles of grain onto a wagon pulled by a team of oxen. Photograph by Seneca Ray Stoddard. 1875. North Elba, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Four men and a horse on a treadmill driving the early threshing machine which does not have a mechanical elevator or blower as later threshers did. One of the men is Henry “Hank” Hewitt. Photograph by Osmond Putnam. Circa 1880. Johnsburg, NY. Courtesy of the Adirondack Experience.

Harvesting hay by hand. Hay cocks in right foreground. Workers use hayforks to pull hay into cocks and then load onto wagon with pitchforks. Photo by Seneca Ray Stoddard. Circa 1885. Ausable Chasm, NY.