Putting up the hay

Olof and his family grew crops of hay on their farm, as well as the other cash crops, such as the corn and oats. They sold very little of this hay, apparently, but used it primarily as feed for their livestock. In January, 1926, Olof recorded that he had on hand thirteen tons of hay, worth $20 a ton.

The hay was left in the fields to dry, then gathered into haystacks which were collected on wagons and brought to the barns to be but in the hay mow. Here we see a team of horses, in front of the barn at left, with a wagon loaded with hay. The child in front of the horses is probably Lee Roy.

In this picture you can see a load of hay being hoisted into the hay mow. The person in the right-center is Olof.

"In the mow--Owen Walzfelt and Olof Eckberg; On the load--Leroy Walzfelt; Below--Homer Kennedy, Art Eckberg, Virgil McKeene, Dan Kennedy and Lester Eckberg. Making hay in about 1938 or 1939."

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