Work on the Farm Post Number Four

There certainly were many kinds of work to be done on the farm. Some, especially on a dairy farm lasted all year long. This would be caring for and milking the cows. Our cows stayed in the barn all winter, being let out to exercise in the barnyard while the stables were cleaned. They also went down the hill to the brook for water. They were fed hay and grain while they were out; it being put in each animal's stall. In the summer they ate grass in the pastures but were given grain when brought in for milking. We had two day pastures (overback and the schoolhouse pasture-half a mile down the road near the Great Rock Schoolhouse) in which they were alternated week by week and two night pastures,the little pasture which was the first pasture reached by the lane and the Alden pasture. They were driven through the little pasture to get them over back.They were also driven through the little pasture to get them to the Alden pasture which was across the road They were driven to that same gate to drive them down the road to the schoolhouse pasture. But I am getti ng ahead of myself. It is going to be haard to sort the work into neat pockets, I think.As long as any of us were in school at the Great Rock, we drove them down in the morning and collected them after school and drove them home. The schoolhouse pasture was one steep hill with a ravine in the middle and scattered groves of trees. The cows scould be any place and were not always ready to go home.
In the spring the cows were let out in ther morning after being milked.Someone drove them overback to the back pasture or they were driven down the road from the little pasture.