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by Deborah Burkett [email protected]
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A photograph can take one back to a simpler time. Seen here is a barn built by Dr. Jones in the early 1930s. He dismantled an oil derrick and used the lumber for the structure. He stored square bales of hay in the loft. The hay could then be fed from the loft to the cattle in hay racks built on the south side of the barn above the feed troughs. Inside the hallway were scales to weigh crops which were grown on site. Rooms on the other side of the hall were used to store feed and tack for horses. Show stalls were inside for calves to be groomed and ready for county and state fairs. Located south of New Summerfield, the farm has been in the family for five generations and is still being used by Dr. Jones' niece, Elizabeth McCutcheon. Elizabeth is a current member and past Chairman of the Cherokee County Historical Commission. (Barn Research in Cherokee County by Elizabeth McCutcheon, photo by Deborah Burkett in 2013)


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