some pictures of what was? In NJ,,,,

I was in the area of a town called Neshanic in NJ the other day,,,and since I Had my camera,,,took some pictures,,thought some might like to see them. this was a large dairy farm ,just before neshanic,in a different town,Toll bros,..a large developing company was going to buy it and develope the whole farm.The town bought the farm,so it still is standing,,, This building ,in the nice little town of Neshanic,,was the home of JS Covert,,,a local JD tractor dealer,Buick cars,,and I Think they may have sold Studebakers at one time too Aome of the original signs are still in place Now lets drive about a half mile out of town,,here stands the feed mill ,farm supply for the area,it was a thriving busness in its day,it sits idle now the little house has a scale platform next to it this building has a feed grinding machine in it,,or it used to,,,,Im not sure if its still in there,,,, now lets drive another mile or so ,,,,, A typical house we pass along the way,,,many bigger too ,all spread out through the area this old farm sits right in the middle of a huge golf course,its right next to the office of the golf course,,No signs,with a nice large blacktop road,,Im gonna drive in and get a closer picture

Those old signs would fetch a good price from some collector. I know of one here in Phx that would buy those in a minute!

What amazes me in photos from "over there" are the number of original barns that have survived. And tower silo's.

Over here barns were constructed out of stone or brick, with the changes in farming, they have become redundant. Many have been bulldozed down because they were in bad state, or sold for conversion into Very Expensive houses for rich townies.

Tower silos first appeared here during WW2, 6-8 foot high concrete panels held in place with steel bands. Then in the 1960's the tower silo's became popular. With the difficulty of blowing silage in to the top and un-reliable unloaders, they fell out of favour after a short time. Very few are used or have survived to-day.

Thanks for posting these photos - lovely to see another Country's farming

I've always thought it would be great to have a building like that old Buick dealership,just for a tractor repair shop,sell a few parts,bearings,belts,chains and such.

In fact,I talked to the guy who owns the old Oldsmobile dealership here in town about my son putting his engine machine shop in there. He said the folks who own the hardware store have first chance at it when he's ready to sell,but right now he drag races and uses it for his own tinker shop.

It's sad to see farms and small towns dry up like this. They call it progress. Progress to what, a place for ghosts to live?

That's a beautiful barn glad they saved it

Larry, great photographic tribute to our vanishing roots. Thanks!

Great pics as always.

Wonder how many cows they could milk at once in
that old barn... it's a biggun.

Love the old signs - surprised that a thieves
have not helped themselves to them.

The McMansion makes me sad.

Silo is really cool.

Psssst... I have discovered with shots through a
window - that if you literally place your camera
lens right against the window glass, you won't get the
reflection of everything outside the window.

hey ,thanks ,,Im gonna try that tip,,,thanks!

the american pickers would too!! lol

Larry I am so glad you got another camera. Probably never get a chance to travel your area but seeing it thru you thank you so much.

I really enjoy taking pictures and posting them,,,learned how to do it right here on this site,,, I guess you could say,,,Yesterdays Tractors Site Created a monster? lol

Depends on how close to the window the inside item is... if it's right inside window and it's large, then it won't work.

But if smaller and a distance from the widow, it works great.

Wizzo, it it true, a goodly number survive, but they are nothing compared to the ones that have fallen by the wayside, either due to neglect or "progress". ("Progress",is just another word for "Subdivision".)

"Have camera, will travel". Larry, your photos are always great, and your travelogue is well worded. When you decide to stop throwing rocks, you may have a future in this field. Concerning SweetFeet's comment about taking photos through the window. In order to cover more area inside, try making a small funnel from heavy paper and place it against the window, then shoot through it.This would eliminate more glare. Just a thought.

Love the barn! I have a Louden catalogue from the 20s, that looks like on of the designs they offer.

Again, thanks for posting.