As time goes by, progress in the way cattle feed is put up. In the early days, many farmers used what was called a Header/Barge. This unit was pulled with horses and in later years with a tractor. The machine cuts the grain like a swather, instead of leaving the grain in a windrow it elevated it into a large wooden box called a barge. When the barge was full it was dumped in a pile. The piles were later hauled into the yard for threshing, feeding or sometimes left in the field where the cattle fed on them during the winter. This particular unit belonged to the Schroeder family who lived about 3 miles northwest of Esther, Alberta.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
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