agrarian – Page 2 – Black and White

Rosni Farm

Tom Clore and Dorsey Shifflett — Yesterday was Dorsey’s birthday. Pictured here with Rosni Farm colleague Tom Clore

Pontiac

Floyd’s Pontiac, hanging with Holsteins. Madison County, Virginia.

equus caballus

once upon a time my job took me all over the beautiful county of Albemarle, windshield time, visual surprise around every corner.

Franklin County

Chevrolet? Parked in the corn.

Auctions

50 cent per head charge for livestock weighed which is not consigned for sale through market
to avoid complaints watch livestock being weighed

white guys — Tobacco auction

Estate auction, 1970’s

Mortgage lifter, beeves

tobacco warehouse — 1972 +/-, tobacco auction, Petersburg, Virginia. Nicotiana tabacum! Folklore 101, doing field work for a Chuck Perdue class.

cattle auction — Madison Livestock Market.

Rosni Farm

16mm frame from winter feeding, Rosni Farm, Madison County Virginia, 1977. At the time Rosni had the oldest registered herd of Holsteins in the state. More photos here.

Milky Way Farms

cow and calf — Who makes life sized Holstein figurines? Great to live in a place where the cow and calf are not stolen from the front yard.

twilight walk

silhouette — Scott and the tree next to Sammy’s rock, soybean field, Fauquier County, Virginia

Long shadows, short days

man and dog shadow — 10:05 day length