North Country At Work

Eleanor Paddock Hollister feeding the chickens at the Paddock of Ormiston farm. Circa 1930s. Hammond, NY.

The homestead of Walter Ormiston, which he bought after he immigrated from Scotland. Barn and chicken coop are on the right. On the left is the original house, built by William George and Walter Ormiston. 1950s. Hammond, NY.

Pressing hay at the Alex Wilson farm. Standing at the press on the platform is Milo G. King. Standing on ground, left to right, are Alex Wilson (with fork), Lewis King at scales, Gene Catlin, and Earl Wilson. Man on top of the press is unknown. The hay press was owned by Fred Rebscher of […]

Aerial view of the Thomas Hunter farm. The stone farmhouse is the uppermost building pictured. Circa 1950- 1960. Hammond, NY.

The homestead of Scottish settler Peter Allen. An early wooden towered windmill is on the left. Wind power was used to pump water. Circa 1880-1890 Hammond, NY.

Robert Rutherford and Daniel Stout with their threshing outfit. This early machine has a straw elevator rather than a blower. It is powered by a large traction steam engine.  Two bags are attached to the grain chute on the right waiting to be filled with grain. Piles of straw surround the barn in the background. […]

Stewart Cuthbert and Allison Root headed to the field on a Massey Ferguson 1085 tractor. Around 1984. Hammond, NY.

Ed Buchanan and his team of Percheron horses. He has a hay fork in hand and a pulley for using ropes to unload loose hay, on the Cuthbert family farm. July 1942. Hammond, NY.

Andrew Cuthbert, age 5, on a Ford tractor outside the barn of the family farm. November 1961. Hammond, NY.

Stewart Cuthbert transplanting a maple tree using a tractor. 1957. Hammond, NY.