Life on the farm

[bindian]

Thanks for the photos. My uncle let my Grandpa's barn just fall down. It had the loft with the rail to block and tackle bales up. He couldn't use it as it was set up for milking and he had round bales to store. Really sad.
hugs, Brandi

 

[BackRoad]

Mr. Frits, it's said that old barns were often built like cathedrals...open all the way up to the roof.

They create a sense of awe, not shared by modern truss and pole barns.

I use "BackRoad" as my TBN name, mainly because that is where all the old barns are found. I love running back roads seeking them out...

Thanks for sharing yours, it's a masterpiece!

...//Terry

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks for the photos. My uncle let my Grandpa's barn just fall down. It had the loft with the rail to block and tackle bales up. He couldn't use it as it was set up for milking and he had round bales to store. Really sad.
hugs, Brandi

My cousin let my grandfathers barn & house fall down.

I’ve shared this before, my grandfathers barn is a log built barn.

 

[wmfamily]

Sedalia MO didn’t really become a real town until the RR arrived in 1861, so I suspect my GGGgm family moved there later on. It’s very unlikely she was born there. Wonder how they met. They married in 1874.

Coming in late to the thread. Great information and I'm fascinated by individual people's history, more so that the "large" history. The stories are great.

I'm replying partly because I grew up in Sedalia. It was a big cattle town back in the day (remember the Rawhide western?) and yes the railroad made the town. It's long gone now and the only thing that remains is the Katy Trail and the old rail depot. I remember hearing the long off train whistles as a kid and sad to see it go.

Again, great thread...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Coming in late to the thread. Great information and I'm fascinated by individual people's history, more so that the "large" history. The stories are great.

I'm replying partly because I grew up in Sedalia. It was a big cattle town back in the day (remember the Rawhide western?) and yes the railroad made the town. It's long gone now and the only thing that remains is the Katy Trail and the old rail depot. I remember hearing the long off train whistles as a kid and sad to see it go.

Again, great thread...

Thanks. Got relatives buried at a little church outside of Sedalia.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Close up of some of the beams in dads barn.
Below is the hay forks used when we put in loose hay, before we got a baler.

 

[BnRidge]

They create a sense of awe, not shared by modern truss and pole barns.

A project I'm working on. 1958 vintage camper. There are bats, meadow mice, barn swallows, and a resident owl. I spend a lot of time there.

 

[BnRidge]

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Close up of some of the beams in dads barn.
Below is the hay forks used when we put in loose hay, before we got a baler.
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We have a similar hay forks as what you show. We used it for small squares, 10-15 bales at a time. There is also the attached photo in the barn. It's before my time, and I'm assuming it was for loose hay. I remember playing around with that loose hayfork, and was able to stab that center shaft straight through my foot and into the floor. ER and stiches, one episode of many that year.

 

[wmfamily]

Thanks. Got relatives buried at a little church outside of Sedalia.

Would you happen to know which one? I'm familiar with the west side of town and I do remember some of the older country churches with the usual grave yards in the area. We hauled hay as a side business so we spent a lot of time driving the backroads.

My mother and most of my family still live in the area. She just turned 89 and we spend a lot of time talking about her growing up. Dad's been gone for over 20 years (cancer).

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I will look it up in my genealogy records today. I remember finding it on google maps, think it was NE, near the Katy trail.