Tractor drawing hay wagon and hay loader in Dexter
Steel-wheeled tractor pulling hay wagon with hay loader attached to rear, harvesting loose hay. Circa early 1900s. In Dexter
Tag: haying
Horse drawn hay loader in Dexter
Farmers loading loose hay with a horse drawn hay loader, early 1900s. Note windrows: hay in foreground raked into rows to prepare it for pick up by loader. Dexter, NY.
Giant haystack in Heuvelton
Fred Baxter and Howard Crowe standing on top of a major haystack. A turkey range house can be seen in the foreground. Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY. Check out our story on Heuvelton’s past as “turkey central”
Baxter and Crowe loading hay in Heuvelton
Fred Baxter and Bert Crowe loading hay by hand onto a horse drawn wagon. Circa 1900. Heuvelton, NY.
The Blanchards haying in Natural Bridge
Jay and Dan Blanchard bringing in loose hay using a team of oxen. Circa 1910s. Natural Bridge, NY.
Bringing in the hay on the Bovee family farm in Jefferson County
Chester Bovee and his father bringing in a load of loose hay on the Bovee family farm in 1920. Somewhere in Jefferson County in NYS. From an article written by Gladys’s sister, Evelyn Constance Bovee in the Watertown Daily Times, published on November 17, 1982. Related article on dairy farming here.