North Country At Work

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.

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.

Bishop Shipman standing with ox team on the Wallace Farm on Mead Road in Canton. Herbert Judd is standing in the background. Circa 1924. Canton, NY.

Men cutting tree trunk using drag saw powered by hit-or-miss engine, (a type of four-stroke internal combustion engine) on the Wallace Farm on Mead Road. Circa 1910-1920. Canton, NY.

Almeron Judd (front) and Frank Judd (rear) mowing on the Wallace farm, which operated 1910-1941. Photo taken circa 1910s. Canton, NY.

Reaping grain using a grain binder on the Wallace farm. Frank Judd is in foreground stooking (upright bundling) oats. Circa 1910s. Canton, NY.

Judd Family loading hay with hay loader at Wallace Farm. One of the men on the wagon is Almeron Judd, the man on the ground is Frank Judd. Circa 1910s. At the Wallace Farm in Canton, NY.