Silo for Saturday

[Not db4600]

A Madison crew from Chippewa County Historical and a 1970 catalog.

 

[sms]

A couple ads from some old farm magazines I have.

 

[Not db4600]

A couple ads from some old farm magazines I have.

The ads on the second page are interesting. Feed cookers and tank heaters.
Pa told stories of cooking shine 100 years ago. One of them was of a hog barn with a basement.
Because cooked feed and tank heaters were common it was not unusual to see smoke in a chimney year around. Hence the smoke from the still in the barn basement coming out the chimney was not questioned. The smell of pigs covered the smell of the process and the used mash was fed to the pigs. Perfect cover.

A short time ago a friend excavator who lives on a place close to where Pa grew up lamented about tearing down the old hog barn on the place. About half way through doing demo with the trackhoe the floor caved in to expose a basement.
The story’s plausibility was confirmed. The current owner had no knowledge of the basement.

 

[Mark Poss]

Neat picture!

 

[casecollectorsc]

My Uncle's barn had a 3 x 10 foot section of the floor next to the big door and wall covered with short pieces of 2x6. As a kid doing chores for him, I wondered what they were for. Couple years ago when they tore the barn down, they found a still in the basement...who knew??

 

[Not db4600]

My Uncle's barn had a 3 x 10 foot section of the floor next to the big door and wall covered with short pieces of 2x6. As a kid doing chores for him, I wondered what they were for. Couple years ago when they tore the barn down, they found a still in the basement...who knew??

The Vos farm north of the home place had an 80’ barn. Inside stanchions and pen only encompassed 70’.

 

[sms]

The ads on the second page are interesting. Feed cookers and tank heaters.
Pa told stories of cooking shine 100 years ago. One of them was of a hog barn with a basement.
Because cooked feed and tank heaters were common it was not unusual to see smoke in a chimney year around. Hence the smoke from the still in the barn basement coming out the chimney was not questioned. The smell of pigs covered the smell of the process and the used mash was fed to the pigs. Perfect cover.

A short time ago a friend excavator who lives on a place close to where Pa grew up lamented about tearing down the old hog barn on the place. About half way through doing demo with the trackhoe the floor caved in to expose a basement.
The story’s plausibility was confirmed. The current owner had no knowledge of the basement.

During Prohibition it was legal to make beverages for your own consumption, just couldn't sell it. So just what were they up to. Lol

 

[Mcrafty1]

I watched the Amish rebuild a pair of silos in Lancaster county PA this past summer at a dairy farm there that burned and was being rebuilt, clean up and rebuilt in 7 days! Truly amazing, anyway there was a small crew rebuilding the concrete slab silos and the system they had was an amazing thing to see, two men on the ground and two men on the silo and that each one was done in a very short period, like two or three days for both, maybe less. The silos were at least as tall as the two shown here with the men sitting on top.