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Cattle out wintering
It looks like the beginning of a two week cold snap; the cattle seem to have grown a longer woolly coat almost over night, and its still only third week in November. In general the stock has grown well through the summer and with a reasonable quality...
The hay elevator
I save it just in case, nothings ever chucked away, Piles of it every where, It might come in one day. I Remember the old cast iron wheels Long old elevator, use to pitch the corn, High in the hay barn, before the combine born, After harvest it was thatched...
Up to now we haven't had a Drop (rain)
Well to be honest it did rain yesterday, a reet heavy down pour for a few minuets most of which ran off. Up to now we haven't had a Drop (rain) Me cows are out on grass, and the pastures burning up, The brook is running low, soon be nothing left to...
I Remember Mother Lighting the Kitchen Fire
If the oven door was slightly open we found out that the cat even slept in the oven . But she soon found out that that was not a good place to be. The kitchen range was the main source of heat for the whole house and it also had a back boiler to heat...