January 31, 2014: Teamwork

Farming is often solitary work, but at times the more the better.  This is especially true if the task at hand is working on a lame, but still very active bovine.

January 30, 2014: I Wonder How Many

This is the wood cook stove in the family farm kitchen.  As of this writing, the Old Man still uses it to cook breakfast every morning and keep the coffee hot during the day. Over the span of the 100 plus years this stove has sat here,  I wonder how many pancakes have come off its griddle, or how many eggs have been fried on its surface, or how many quarts of green beans have been canned with its heat.  The numbers would be astronomical.

January 29, 2014: Throw Back

Tucked away in one corner of Conway Feed, it shakes the whole floor.  It's loud, ear drum splitting loud and it belches steam. Unless you know what you are doing, this is not a machine you want to be around when it's running.  The roller mill, a definite throw back to the days of the industrial revolution.