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Features & Implements
Following are some of the common features
that are seen on some of the north country barns, and implements
associated in farming. These are mostly practical
additions or items.
This page is rather picture heavy, so if your connection
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| Cupolas Barns often have
cupolas that serve as ventilators. They come in various sizes and
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| Gable Extensions The lofts are often
used to store hay. In order to lift the hay, rails, pulleys, and
other devices are used to bring it through the gable ends of the
barns. Frequently there are doors which open and the ends are often
covered by an extension of the roof.
The first barn is in Orleans on the Schryver farm.
The second barn at the right is
from the McNally barn on Wellesley Island, and the third is from the
Edgewood barn with the profile of its hay rail. The fourth picture is from the
Sears-Roebuck barn on Rte 12 in Orleans. Note the lightning rods on
the Sears-Roebuck barn. According to Sloane, op. cit., p. 88,
early "godly" farmers believed that lightning was God's will and
refused to use them.
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| Water and Power Farms need water
and power, and early methods included both use of the wind and the hand
pump.
The abandoned windmill at right is the only monument to the
premises it once served, perhaps replaced by the power lines in the
distance.
The hand pump stands ready to serve the home behind it,
owned by the Wright Family, along Rte 12 in St. Lawrence County. The
home was built about 1858 according to the owner. |
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Transportation The hay wagon is now a decorative
piece on the road to Cape Vincent. The sleighs are in a barn,
waiting to be displayed near the horse drawn wagons. |
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Machinery Much older
farm equipment lies abandoned along the roadside.
1. The loader lifted hay onto the wagons.
2. The horse drawn cultivator probably was
used in corn fields. If the team was good, the horses did not step
on the plants.
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| Other Appurtenances
Many different things were used in connection with the farm. At
right is a bell used to sound alarms or ring for dinner. |
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