Mastodawn

Farm work Rural Electrification Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture / [193-]
1 print (poster) : color ; 101 x 76 cm. | Poster shows electrical lines.

#101x76cm #FarmWork #posters #publicrelations #electriclines #color #unitedstates #prints #electricity #american #photopgraphy #LibraryOfCongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010650604/

valentinzi Oct 19

Hand-plucked hay in our barn. Photographed from below with flash light.

#hay #hayraking #traditional #farmwork #barn #stable #old #stonewall #flashlight #photography

valentinzi Oct 16

The wall of our barn (where some hay is stored) is certainly several hundred years old. Plucking hay from the haystack by hand can sometimes be exhausting. But the pleasant smell of hay is encouraging. In the past, people had their own tools for this; let's see if I can get hold of something like that or make a replica.

#old #rustic #wall #stonewall #barn #hey #handwork #farmwork

valentinzi Oct 16

No sooner has the stone area been cleared of the larch logs and chippings than the next batch of firewood arrives. We felled the dead spruce trees (bark beetle wood) near our property. The large pieces are somewhat lighter because the wood hasn’t been sap-filled for several years. The firewood value is also slowly declining. The advantage is that you can burn it right away without needing to store it for a long time.

#firewood #deadspruce #sprucetree #wood #logs #hardwork #farmwork

valentinzi Oct 15

Our four gray cattle calves can still spend a few weeks outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. They eat like champions and always demand dry meadow hay as a change from fresh grass. They are waiting for fresh hay again. I have to bring two large basket full to the pasture a day. They are supposed to gnaw on young willow shoots in the forest above in the meantime as well. I read an article that said roughage from young shoots reduces greenhouse gases and ammonia in excrement.

#graycattle #tyroleangrey #cattle #calves #cowcalves #pasture #farmlife #farmwork #autum #nature #forest #landscape

valentinzi Aug 27

Our slow Rapid transporter tractor is loaded with a large pile of hay from the second grass cut (known as "Grummet") and parked on a farm path beside a metal shed. Next to the Rapid tractor our Ford 3600. Both solid old 4x4 tractors. This pile (ca. 800kg) is going to another barn nearby, since our is more than full.

#meadow #tractor #traditional #farmwork #handwork #hardwork #hay #haywork

valentinzi Aug 27

Slowly but constantly loading our Rapid tractor by hand with the good stuff. The loading dock's three-way tipper proves useful once again. Today I put on and moved three truckloads of old manure to a good location before the heavy rain hits. Last pile finished.

#meadow #tractor #traditional #farmwork #handwork #hardwork #manure #solidmanure #manurepile #misthaufen #festmist

Bruce MacDonald Aug 14

Cantaloupe tonight. Dad's got the car.
—old joke

“You’re a teenager and think, ‘What the hell are we going to do this summer?’” he said. “Then, ‘What the hell. If nothing else, we’ll go into town every night. We’ll meet some girls. We’ll get cowboys to buy us beer.’” “

Carter paused for dramatic effect. “No.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-14/a-team-1965-bracero-program

#FarmWork #MeaningfulLabor #cantaloupe

Can homegrown teens replace immigrant farm labor? In 1965, the U.S. tried

Teens quit or went on strike across the country to protest abysmal work conditions. A-TEAM was such a disaster that the federal government never tried it again.

Los Angeles Times

valentinzi Aug 8

Our Rapid tractor fully loaded with a pile of fresh dry hay. Parked on an old stone dry wall with flower such as common bedstraw (galium verum), narrow-leaved willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium), spiniest thistle (Cirsium spinosissimum), stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). A red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) growing near a boulder stone

#flower #meadow #stone #hayseason #tractor #traditional #farmwork #handwork #biodiversity