Cars parked outside the Neverett farm for a livestock auction. The H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission held auctions at their home every Thursday, and in Ellenburg Depot every Tuesday. This view shows Route 9; the paddock where the animals were held is on the left. 1946. Chazy, NY. Photo courtesy of Kim Neverett Howley.
Cows in a paddock at the Neverett farm. The H.L. Neverett & Sons Livestock Commission would hold an auction there every Thursday. On the right, you can see a chute where the cows would come into the paddock after being delivered by trucks. The auction was held in the barn on the left. 1956. Chazy, […]
Frank LeClair, Chuck LeClair, and Victor LaClair (yes, his last name is spelled differently) are three of nine siblings. They were born and raised on the family farm in Churubusco. From an early age, they learned farm tasks like haying and milking cows, and they remember finding ways to have fun doing them.
Jane Desotelle owns Underwood Herbs, where she sells herbs at local farmers’ markets. She actually helped get those farmers markets started, and now she’s the Executive Director of the Adirondack Farmers Market Cooperative. She lives in the same property where she grew up in Plattsburgh, where her mother first taught her to pick herbs and […]
Apple pickers pose with a horse drawn wagon in an apple orchard, possibly located in the Champlain Valley area. Note barrels—used to hold apples. Circa 1900. Champlain Valley region of NYS.
Threshing grain using a stationary thresher on the Oval Wood Dish farm (named after the company of that name in Tupper Lake), a 1000 acre farm. Circa 1915. Tupper Lake, NY.
Prisoners working at the St. Lawrence County Poor House vegetable garden under the supervision of Sheriff Dale Robarthe. 1930-1940. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of the Colton Library.
The Barnell Farm on Catamount Mountain covered in snow. Date unknown. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Mary Jane Watson.
Students working in agricultural test plots. At the time the college was known as Canton Agricultural and Technological Institute located at St. Lawrence University. This picture was taken on the current St Lawrence University Campus. Behind the barn are buildings that could be the current-day Payson Hall, Piskor Hall, and Memorial Hall. Circa 1930. Canton, […]
A student preparing potatoes for planting at SUNY Canton. The floor is covered with potatoes that have already been quartered for planting. At the time the college was known as Canton Agricultural and Technological Institute located at St. Lawrence University. Circa 1940. Canton, NY. Courtesy of Greg Kie.
