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| This shows one of our fields along Cove Creek. This "bottom land " was planted in corn every year. This shows the corn after it had been cut and placed in "shocks" as was nearly always done in the fall as the corn matured and became ripe enough to harvest. We would pull the corn, including the corn shuck, and haul the corn and store it in the second level of the big barn. It was used as feed for the cattle and sheep during the winter months. The corn fodder was hauled to an area near the barn and stacked to also be used to feed cattle during the winter. Several acres of corn were planted on the "home place" and also the "Greer" farm, one mile up the Watauga river. As already related on this website, we always planted the seed corn that my grandfather, William J. Farthing, developed himself at his farm several years prior to this period. The "William Farthing" hybrid seed corn produced a larger yield per acre, and had a stronger root system than other seed corn. |
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