Reaper Glenn Aldrich driving his grain binder, which he traveled from farm to farm with. Here he is pictured at the Langdon Farm. Horse is equipped with fly net. Circa 1920s. Langdon’s Corners in Canton, NY.
Farmstead, picturing steam engine pulled by team of horses and threshing crew sitting on wooden thresher. Circa 1890s. Canton, NY.
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.
A boy tending chickens at W.E. Church’s hennery. Both Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns were bred at the hennery, and both are pictured here. 1911. Canton, NY.
Sugaring at the Wallace Farm’s sugar bush near Langdon Corners. Pictured is Herbert Judd behind the horses pulling a skidder with a wooden box—possibly used to hold sap. Circa April in the 1910s. Canton, NY. Photo taken by Matthew Wallace. Check out this North Country at Work story on a modern, downtown take on this […]
Jeff Hunt’s crew cleaning up from ice storm. On Farnes Road. June 1998. Canton, NY.
Jeff Hunt’s crew cleaning up after the January ice storm, trimming trees at Judd’s Farm. June 1998. Canton, NY.
Jeff Hunt’s crew cleaning up after the 1998 Ice Storm, which blacked out a region from northern New York across southeastern Ontario and Quebec (as far north as Montreal), and across northern New England. Power outages lasted as long as 3 weeks in some areas. Judd’s Farm on Farnes Road in Canton, NY. June of 1998.
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.
(From left to right) Art Mayne, Lawrence Putney, and Frank Harper inside a feed store. Sacks of grain are loaded on hand cart to move. The chutes for filling bags and scales for weighing them are shown. Store was later owned by the Aldrich family. Circa 1920. Lisbon, NY.
