Rural Life in Litchfield County
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There were comparatively few areas suitable for hay, which was so necessary to provide food for the livestock dur- ing the long winters. As the fields were cleared of forest and later of rocks, the amount of fodder grown for winter use was increased, and the number and va- riety of farm animals were gradually increased.
The first barns were hewn-timber structures, loosely covered, built mainly for the shelter of grain and [64] CATTLE AM) 1111. DAIRY fodder rather than for the comfortable housin...g of the cattle, and yet these heavy-timbered barns lasted for years. Though I do not know the oldest in the county by any means, yet 1 know of one standing, sound and good, which sheltered a part of a company of Hessians when they marched down through Litchfield County after the defeat at Saratoga in 1777. I he main struc- ture was flanked, oftentimes, by open sheds where the cattle and sheep could take shelter and be foddered.
As we have noted, the early plan of settlement ar- ranged for the commons around which were the home- stead plots, with an outlying farm to be later improved and reclaimed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There were comparatively few areas suitable for hay, which was so necessary to provide food for the livestock dur- ing the long winters. As the fields were cleared of forest and later of rocks, the amount of fodder grown for winter use was increased, and the number and va- riety of farm animals were gradually increased.
The first barns were hewn-timber structures, loosely covered, built mainly for the shelter of grain and [64] CATTLE AM) 1111. DAIRY fodder rather than for the comfortable housin...g of the cattle, and yet these heavy-timbered barns lasted for years. Though I do not know the oldest in the county by any means, yet 1 know of one standing, sound and good, which sheltered a part of a company of Hessians when they marched down through Litchfield County after the defeat at Saratoga in 1777. I he main struc- ture was flanked, oftentimes, by open sheds where the cattle and sheep could take shelter and be foddered.
As we have noted, the early plan of settlement ar- ranged for the commons around which were the home- stead plots, with an outlying farm to be later improved and reclaimed.
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