Posted by Cal Innes on July 27, 2010 at 04:04:01 from (69.98.87.206):
In Reply to: old farm stead ??? posted by northeast puller 1 on July 27, 2010 at 03:04:12:
I think for one thing, when they were going to dig a well, it was a lot shorter distance to water in a valley than at the top of a hill, unless one could find a good spring up on a hillside. I live on top of an esker (glacial ridge) and the house is about the same age as yours. The well, spring actually, is about 400 feet away. That must have been a long way to haul water in winter! In 1917 they put in a DRILLED well right next to the house.... still had a hand pump on it tho'and we still use that same well today(with a submersible electric pump).Many farmers were immigrants and they came from hilly country so settled in places that were like the homeland.... they knew how to farm it. I think also, it had to do with less wind and draft in winter. I cuss each winter when the wind blows hard and comes right through this old place. In a valley, they would be more protected. I suspect there were many reasons for where a man decided to build. Here, they built on the ridge because that is where the best soil is... off the ridge and yer into peat bog. just my 2 cents! Cal
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