This is mostly a test blog to see if my attempt will actually work or not.
The photo to the right is of a pair of Amish lads picking field corn by hand to be used as animal feed. In modern times this seems very old fashioned, but to each his own. The Amish do it the way they want to do it, and that is fine with me.
This second photo is an Amish four-horse-hitch plowing the soil in the first step of preparing the land for next year's crop. This year's corn crop was only recently removed for cattle feed for the coming winter.
These two fields were in close proximity, and both are located a bit north of Heuvelton, St Lawrence County, NY. There is a rather large Swartzentruber Sect located in the area. They are considered the strictest of the various Amish clans. Electricity, telephones, automobiles, rubber tires, and various other trappings of civilization are out of the question. Only dark muted colors are worn, with the exception of the flat crowned straw hats worn by all males.
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