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Showing posts with label HAMILTON TOWNSHIP FARMING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HAMILTON TOWNSHIP FARMING. Show all posts

Saturday, April 05, 2008

1934: HARBINGERS OF SPRING

IT'S A SAD FACT THAT MANY OF OUR YOUNGER WERE NOT AROUND THE HAMILTON TOWNSHIP AREA WHEN THE AREA WAS LARGELY FARM LAND. IT WAS A SURE SIGN OF SPRING TO SEE THE FARMERS OUT WITH THEIR TRACTOR, PLOWING THEIR FIELDS AND GETTING READY FOR A JERSEY "GARDEN STATE" GROWING SEASON. SOME OF OUR OLDER RESIDENTS WILL REMEMBER HORSE-DRAWN FARM IMPLEMENTS.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

1931: MERCER COUNTY POULTRYMEN

LOUIS SIMPKINS IS THE ONLY FAMILIAR NAME I FIND IN THE ABOVE PHOTO, BUT I WOULD GUESS THAT AT LEAST ONE VIEWER OF THIS SITE WILL RECOGNIZE OTHERS IN THE PHOTO.