White Road In Winthrop, New York - Part 2

I was driving on White Road and snapping photos of the rural scenery (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) when I came upon this mailbox post. Actually, I drove right past it before it registered and I had to back up to take a picture. It appears that the owner is a gun enthusiast, but where exactly does the mail go?

A lovely family farm:

Old barns and silo in perfect condition:

Beef cattle, often called "Black Baldies," a mix of Hereford and Angus:

A row of hay bales:

Two hay wagons and, behind them, a row of baleage, wrapped in white plastic:

This appeared to be a lane into the woods, passing by two small sheds - but I decided it was the entrance for the house behind the trees:

A logging operation:

This must have been an old farm house which had a number of additions over the years:

I couldn't tell if this house was historic and modernized, or of more recent construction. Either way, the addition on the back meant it was likely bigger than it at first appeared:

This small, old barn with new doors was my last stop on White Road:

County Route 56 - Part 1

I turned onto County Route 56 from Connor Road in Parishville (see previous post) at this old, unoccupied log cabin:

This home had firewood but the driveway wasn't plowed. Perhaps it was someone's weekend retreat:

A large, old farm house, built of Potsdam Red Sandstone. It was unoccupied, though the farm was active:

The farm attached to the above home was active, though I couldn't tell where the family lived:

As I drove farther, I saw this wood furnace in a shed attached to the gray building. Perhaps that was the home:

I passed this old barn, now almost a pile of rubble:

And another old barn, still standing but showing its age:

A small herd of what are commonly referred to as "Black Baldies." They are popular up here and usually a cross between Black Angus and Hereford:

An interesting outbuilding with a smokestack:

And another farm house built of Potsdam Red Sandstone, this one up on a hill:

An old silo whose barn fell down or burned down long ago. But there was more to see on County Route 56, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

Farm Update For July 23

The season's first two baby fantail pigeons had grown up and their parents produced one new baby:

A couple of days later, its eyes were open and it was growing rapidly. Alas, I found it dead a couple days after that. Such are the sorrows of keeping and breeding animals:

The Elderberries which grow in the old silo base were severely damaged by the snow last winter, but they rebounded in fine form, bursting into bloom:

The pear tree began showing off its miniature pears, many of them even turning prematurely red:

The apple trees also sported pint-sized fruit with a bit of rosy color. I expect to have enough fruit to keep the cattle happy this year:

The fantail pigeons enjoyed the freedom to come and go as they pleased during days with nice weather. They, like the chickens, are locked up safely at night. That's the chickens' door on the right:

The yellow and orange Asiatic Lilies bloomed beautifully:

The neighbors, across the road, have six Hereford cross heifers, all of which began having babies this summer:

Bred to an Angus bull, their calves are mostly the color popularly called "Black Baldy:"

I lost a couple of hens, probably to predators, but otherwise they are all healthy and happy:

Our brutal winter and spring drought damaged the hay crop this year. In fact, it looked so bad and was so full of inedible weeds, that I used the bush hog to mow it all down. I was in the main field when I had to stop because my cows saw no reason to get out of my way. It was a good opportunity to snap a photo:

When I was done bush hogging, the chickens rushed over to pick through the grass clippings which were piled atop the mower. It's been a busy summer so far, enough so that a quiet winter with hardly anything to do all day is beginning to sound appealing: