And More Barns

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This is my Great Grandfather's barn which still stands today.  The silo is gone though.  It then became my Grandfather's barn which all of us grandchildren played in.  My mother got up every morning and trudged across the pasture in all kinds of weather to help milk the cows in here.  Same thing in the evening after school.  I can still hear the sound of the wind blowing through the high timbers and the cooing of pigeons in the otherwise quietness of the dim light and dusty sunbeams.  I can smell the fresh silage that went into the silo to feed the cattle.  This photo was taken in 1912.  The last time I was in this barn was probably around 1958 or so.  It no longer belongs to the family.