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Page 7 These cellars
kept things like cream and butter cool in the summer.
Sometimes during the winter when temperatures went below zero and stayed
there for long periods a lighted lantern would be set on the cellar floor.
This usually kept things from getting frosted. About a hundred yards
south of the house was the barn. It
was modest in size but big enough for a couple grain bins and a half dozen
horses. On the south was a leanto
for the cattle. This was surrounded by a board fence or corral.
On the north was another leanto that was used for a buggy shed.
In later years the model T was kept there. The barn had a haymow which was filled during haying season and hay was stacked along the west side. This made feeding easier and also kept the winds from being direct on the livestock. A corn crib and chicken house were between the house and barn. Below the barn about a
quarter mile was a pond. This
generally held water the year around and was where the livestock watered.
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