North Country At Work

A man preparing the ground for planting on a farm field in Hermon. Circa 1900-1910. Hermon, NY.

A crew of farm workers rest beside stooks (stacks or piles) of corn with a Green Mountain silo in the background. Corn was chopped before being fed into the silo, where winter feed for livestock was stored. This was very dusty work. One worker wears an early respirator. Circa 1900-1910. Hermon, NY.

Farmer with horse-drawn wagon of boxed produce for transport to market. Circa 1900-1910s. Hermon, NY.

Man weeding onions with walking hoe on a vegetable farm in Hermon. Circa 1900-1910s. Hermon, NY.

1876 D.L. Lynde buildings on corner of Church Street and Pepper’s Clothing store. Circa 1940. Hermon, NY.

View of businesses on Main Street in Hermon, looking north towards intersection with Church Street. Farmers Sheds on left and various commercial enterprises including Pepper’s Clothing store. Note rutted, unpaved road with early automobile on left and horse/wagon at far end of street on the right. Circa 1910. Hermon, NY.

Pictured on the left is Hendrickson appliances and paint store, the First National Bank of Hermon. Pictured on the right is the Hotel Hermon, Green Furniture Company, department store, gas station and fire-proof garage, and in the far back the Baptist church. Circa 1950. Downtown Hermon, NY.

Pictured is the first train into Waddington and a small crowd of spectators. June 27, 1908. Waddington, 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 […]

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