Aerial view of the original McGregor homestead built in 1900. Pictured from the right are the farmhouse, the carriage house which was converted into a garage, the granary and barn. A large, snow-filled gravel pit is visible in the background. Poplar trees can be seen in the front yard. The farm is located on the […]
Three workers are unloading bundles of corn into an silage cutter on the Bonnie View homestead. Corn and other feeds were chopped before being fed into the silo for storing as winter feed for cows, horses and other livestock. Circa 1900. Hermon, NY.
Grandpa Matteson feeding chickens on a Hermon homestead. Circa 1900. Hermon, NY.
Homestead at 944 County Route 20, West Hermon, NY. Unknown couple standing in front of the homestead with barn in background. Circa 1870-1880. Hermon, NY. Donated by Bill Balling.
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.
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.
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.
Adeline Hurlbut Thompson feeding chickens. 1920. Town of De Kalb, NY.
Dolph Fluno and one of the Merithew boys getting ready to do some haying on the Maple Ridge Road. 1920. Town of DeKalb, NY.
