Farm – Page 144 – Dan Routh Photography

Feeding Heifers

Michael Williams feeds his heifers at Williams Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Getting Ready for Spring

A stop by Weston’s Feed and Seed in Asheboro, North Carolina the other day yielded all kinds of things to get the farmstead going for the new growing year.

A late afternoon last week saw my cousin Thomas Routh planting potatoes on his farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Thomas and his wife Lula Mae, both in their upper eighties, grow a huge garden from which they sell produce weekly at the local Farmer’s Market in Asheboro.

Dinner with the Kids

Agriculture, Animals, Farm, Goat

Spring means renewal and at the Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina it means new kids. For the folks at the dairy, it means those baby goats have to be fed twice a day. Makes for an interesting time in the nursery.

Horse-Drawn Plows

Farm, Still Life

Old horse (or mule) drawn plows sit in a barn on our farm in Randolph County, North Carolina. Last used probably some 70 years ago, nevertheless they stay at the ready.

Cat Hole

Family, Farm, Still Life

My Grandfather’s house is across the road from mine. Beside the old house are several intact outbuildings, including a smoke-house. In the corner of the smoke-house door is a cat hole, which allows felines to enter at their leisure and helps keep down the rodent population.

Deer Skull

Animals, Farm, Still Life

We were checking our back pasture Sunday before opening it up for the cows, when I ran across this skull of a young buck. He could have died of natural causes, but most likely he was wounded and died later. We have had a problem with poachers for the last couple of years, both in the daytime and at night. I’ve been awakened at 2AM by someone shooting towards my barn from in front of my house. Seems like we don’t really have a lot of hunters in my area, but rather a bunch of people that like to shoot at deer. There is a difference. What a waste.