Farm Pictures

These are pictures of the main farm area just north of the house.

 

Milk house where milk was stored in coolers after milking. Picture was taken in 1963

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Diesel room located behind the milk house. This house had 3 diesel engines running generators producing DC current for all of Skiles’s property.

dieselroom

Milk cow named “Hoedown”. She was a very gently cow, you could even ride her.

hoedown

The building next to the car was the time clock room. The farthest building was the milk barn. Picture taken in 1963

Inlarge the picture and notice the old Nash cars rusting away outside the milk barn.

milkbarn

Tenant house where one of Skiles’s farm workers lived.

house

One of the farm trucks used on the farm.

truck

Picture of the auction after Skiles’s death. It was held in the east field (cow pasture).

auction