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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2010 22:12:28 GMT
We have a lot of farms around this area, and so many different kinds of farm machinery and vehicles. I'm not even sure what some of them are called, but I'll take some photos and put them up on here, maybe someone can put a name to them as time goes on? Some of the barns here are really interesting to look at too.  Please add your own pictures also. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2010 22:16:17 GMT
Not really a barn, but I came across this little house the other day. No idea what it's used for.  This one looks like quite a newly built barn or it's been well preserved:  Some of the barns are just huge, kept for horses and cattle:  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2010 22:19:28 GMT
Any idea what this could be or could have been used for?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2010 22:19:57 GMT
Friendly cow:  I have more pics, but will post them another day... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2010 14:29:50 GMT
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Post by gertie on Apr 11, 2010 22:32:31 GMT
# 2 looks maybe like it cuts something and shoots the result upward into trucks but I'm really just guessing. If that's what it is, it's missing some parts. Like wheels.  Love the old buildings and barns, they remind me of my childhood. |
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Post by spindrift on Apr 11, 2010 22:38:19 GMT
Reminds me of the days when I part-owned a farm...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2010 22:54:43 GMT
Farms are fun places to explore, but darn hard work. I see what the farmers around here have to do and I don't envy them one bit. I have my hands full just managing my acreage. Did you live long on the farm, Spindrift?
Thanks, gertie. You could be right about that machine thingy, but I don't know for sure. I actually have no idea. Where you brought up on a farm?
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Post by Kimby on Jul 18, 2011 18:11:42 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 11, 2011 5:09:29 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 11, 2011 5:15:53 GMT
  This is a "Beaver Slide", a hay-stacking device that was developed in the Beaverhead Valley. The hay is pulled up the ramp and dropped into a pile inside the fence, then the slide is moved to the next place the rancher wants a pile. Sadly, these are rapidly being displaced by large bale baling machines... |
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Post by Kimby on Apr 5, 2012 20:21:37 GMT
 A relic from bygone days... |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2012 10:55:01 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jun 3, 2012 23:14:48 GMT
What a beautiful still-life, casi!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 19:14:09 GMT
What a beautiful still-life, casi! . Thank you Kimby. That's my tool shed,a hoarder's paradise!! That old wooden handled tool is what is known as a potato shovel. I procured it from one of the old barns, along with that watering can, on the family farm in NY. It's one of my treasures. |
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Post by Kimby on Jun 6, 2012 19:19:45 GMT
Do you USE any of this stuff or just pause in your labors to admire it?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2012 19:31:17 GMT
Do you USE any of this stuff or just pause in your labors to admire it? I did for a time use the potato shovel to turn compost with but anything wood here in NOLA rots so easily that I stopped using it. It's more of an heirloom to me. The watering can has a tiny leak that I suppose I could patch..... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2012 17:05:10 GMT
The potato shovel is great. It sort of looks like a safe version of a pitchfork.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 28, 2012 16:53:42 GMT
Clearly your soil is different from the rocky stuff we have here. That elegant shovel would never work in my soil. But how I would love to hang it on my wall!
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Post by lugg on Jun 28, 2012 20:15:20 GMT
Ah ... yes the shovel is a treasure but my eye was caught by the scythe ( sickel) in the picture . |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2012 11:09:46 GMT
Clearly your soil is different from the rocky stuff we have here. That elegant shovel would never work in my soil. But how I would love to hang it on my wall! It's function is not to be used in the soil Kimby. It's used to move potatoes after they are harvested into storage bins or large potato cellars.(many farmers would store their potatoes as they keep so well and hold out for a better price to sell them.) The tool is designed so as not to pierce the skin of the potato. Great video Lugg. I have a few of those sycthes and some other old tools. Few people, as the video shows, know the proper way in which to use one. Thanks! |
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Post by Kimby on Jun 29, 2012 13:34:48 GMT
It's function is not to be used in the soil Kimby. It's used to move potatoes after they are harvested into storage bins or large potato cellars. That makes sense. You know potatoes are still stored for future consumption. That's why they are so mealy and uninteresting this time of year, waiting for the new crop to come in. |
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Love the old buildings and barns, they remind me of my childhood. 
