Posted by Al L. in Wisc. on January 27, 2013 at 18:00:57 from (216.226.94.245):
In Reply to: Cold weather farming posted by charlie M on January 27, 2013 at 13:55:26:
charlie M; I like your topic. If I got to spend a winter day or weekend at my grandma and uncles farm - mid to late 1960's as I'm a 1957 model - in such cold and if the snow was deep, it was out the barn door with the wheelbarrow to the manure pile. Sometimes there were even planks put onto the pile to allow the operator a 'runway' to the top and across for dumping; that was when winters didn't allow hauling and my uncle wanted to conserve as much space as possible in the cow yard. Sure doesn't seem like we have those winters anymore...say what you will, I love winter and have fond memories, yup, even those cold ones. A trip from the barn or chicken coop or outhouse always entailed a trip to the woodshed for an arm load before going into the house as the kitchen stove and wood furnace in the basement needed 'refueling'...a trip wasn't wasted.
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