On 2nd hauled hay, built fences.
A long time ago the academic year ended in March so that the kids could help work the farm starting in the spring. Monday morning after graduation, Jesse was up moving loose or “ricked” hay from the barn to the pasture to feed the cows and horses. This would have been a chore that someone did all winter to keep the livestock fed when nothing was growing in the pastures.
Thanks to Troy Snelling of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and Retired Iowa State University Extension Agronomist Dr. Stephen K. Barnhart, Ph.D.
