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BARNS
By Winston E. Ralph March 21, 2021
When ever we are out and driving around
We look for barns and many are found
There are log ones down near Killaloe
But others are a pile of logs with them what do we do
Years ago in the Bancroft area many barns were seen
Now few are left as farming is hard it seems
Some were big while others were small
While everyone had at least six cow stalls
The cattle knew which stall they went to
Bringing them in one at a time you didn’t do
In this area every road had at least three
Now there’s none in operation that I can see
Folks want bacon for breakfast and milk to drink
But these come in with chemicals if you only think
Years ago loose hay was forked from the wagon into the mow
And youngsters tramped it in the dust somehow
After feeding and bedding cattle houses and pigs in the pen
Before going to the house we checked on the hens
There was a track along the rafters to lift the hay
As it wasn’t forked in they done it the easy way
The wagons came in and the fork came down
And with three lifts no hay on the wagon was found
Barn swallows built nests on the rafters up high
Where they were safe and the little ones wouldn’t die
Some barns were built against the side of a hill
So the wagons of hay the mow they could easily fill
These old barns were built back many years ago
And how much snow has fallen on them God only knows
When these barns were built there was a large bee
As many folks in construction pictures that I can see
Some were painted in colors of red white or others
While others were left to fade as their owners didn’t bother
Milking was done by hand but a machine soon took over
But the cows never cared as they ate grain hay and clover
If these barns could talk a good story they would tell
Of those working around and how children did yell
After putting in loose hay people felt it would be better to bale
Its hard to farm among rocks so most of them did fail
This area wasn’t meant to be farmed in a big way
Go to Peterborough or Belleville and you’ll see nice farms I’ll say
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