Old Photo - Taking The Cows To Market

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: Old Photo - Taking The Cows To Market
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 11:33 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Layden Butler on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 01:56 pm:

Some type of accessory wheels on the rear to replace solid tires?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Will,, Trenton,,,New Jersey on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 05:50 pm:

Nice pic,,, What stopped to cows from jumping out of the truck?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Peter Martin, Sydney Australia on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 06:16 pm:

Cows and Kids were all much better behaved in those days!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 06:41 pm:

I had the same thought as Will. Once years and years ago a couple of my high school buddies and I were hauling a steer in a trailer with sides much higher than those on the pictured truck. As soon as we arrived at our destination that doggone steer jumped out as east as you please and took off down the road. It took us hours to get it cornered and loaded back up. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 06:43 pm:

Make that "as easy as you please". Spell checker does not pick up a correctly spelled wrong word...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Layden Butler on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 07:18 pm:

2' piece of rope!
Simple hobble does the job.
Hard to see but the mostly white one may have a hobble visible at the junction of the 2 sets of body sides.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren W. Mortensen on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 07:56 pm:

My Dad used to halter them and run a rope to the frame. This usually did the job but there was one occasion...

Most of the farms in the area used a high spot in the front yard for a loading chute. You dug a couple of trenches in the ditch perpendicular to the road and backed the truck into them until the bed hit the edge of the drop-off.

He brought a few cows home in the TT from an auction. The trenches were more like holes and as he backed the truck in, it dropped hard which broke the front hold downs between the stringers on the bed and the truck frame. At the same time, the cows skidded toward the back and the truck turned into a gravity dump. He had to cut the ropes holding the front two cows. The "new" hold-downs for the bed are down in the tool shed.

My elders said the REAL fun was taking a 2500 lb. Holstein bull to market. He'd look over things on the left and the truck would lean that way. Then he'd move to the right to see what was going on on that side and the truck would lurch and lean to the right. It made for interesting steering. Then going through St. Paul the front tires would get caught in the grooves of the streetcar tracks.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren W. Mortensen on Thursday, April 05, 2012 - 07:59 pm:

If the cows were constipated, this was also a way to loosen them up. The Clover Leaf Dairy, a major milk supplier in this area used to do that. Take 'em for a ride around the neighborhood. Cows get really excited about the trip. <grin>


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Eugene Adams on Monday, October 08, 2012 - 10:28 pm:

I used to often hear about those dumb farm kids as compared to city kids. Farm kids knew all about farming and animals and how to put harness on a team of horses. The city kids knew nothing about farms or animals but farm kids knew what city kids knew plus most everything about a farm.
So what's so dumb about a farm kid?

farmkids
Gene


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, October 08, 2012 - 11:19 pm:

Must be a Russian scene. Looks like there's a troika by the barn.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 08:21 am:

Photo does not look old. Modern roof on the house, truck is too shiny, modern fence.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Schrope - Upland, IN on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 08:52 am:

I wasn't going to say anything, but since you broke the ice, I will. I think it's photoshopped. Look at the back springs. Plus, the cow in back is out of proportion to the bed.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 03:25 pm:

I don't see anything suspicious about the photo. That type of roof and fence was very common in the '20s. The truck appears to be new. It is probably the first time they used it to haul cattle. The horse team in the background is watching as their usefulness wanes.
All in all, a very nice photo!
Thank you, again, Jay!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Minnesota on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 03:56 pm:

I think everything is normal as far as the fence and house goes. I started looking at the tires. Do the back tires look like they have something wrapped around them?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Neil Kaminar on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 04:21 pm:

One cow to the other: "Oh boy, oh boy, we get to go to the market." Probably jumped in on their own.

Neil


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 04:28 pm:

All 4 tires are loaded with mud. Magnification shows the mud. However there's no tracks in the dirt leading up to the tires. And the boards on the truck are blurred at every visible cow leg. Its suspIcious but???


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Kelsey on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 04:41 pm:

Warren:

Your story about the bull gave me a good chuckle!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Warren W. Mortensen on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 05:25 pm:

Nothing wrong with that photo. House has the usual cedar shakes or shingles, three horses indicates that they're pulling more than two horses can handle (looks like a stoneboat to me, but hard to tell). The "out of proportion" cow is either a heifer or a smaller cow. We had a mother & daughter who were "grade" (no papers) Holstiens who were the size of a Jersey cow. This one looks like it fits that bill.

I'd guess that the picture was taken with something much better than an entry-level Kodak box camera.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 09:28 pm:

I opened that photo in Photoshop and blew it up to pixel level.
I can't find a trace of it being "shopped" and who would waste their time faking such a photo anyway?
It's a beautiful, very well done, old photo.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 09:53 pm:

Yup, You caught me! that's me and a few buddies in the cow costumes. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Schrope - Upland, IN on Tuesday, October 09, 2012 - 10:31 pm:

Since I seem to be the one who brought this up, I'll jump in here again. Like several of you, I can't find a trace of photoshopping. What I based my opinion on was the picture. The cows sure see to be contented standing in a springy wobbley truck. The springs sure don't seem to be sagged very far for having a ton or probably more of cow in the back end. True, the back one might just be small, but that would be odd to be a small Holstein. Then, there are no tracks leading up to the tires, but there is mud on the tires. Are there three cows or two? The mostly white one must have her head in the back of the cab or be in the process of breaking the window. I think the background can be legit - sorry Royce.
So, that's just my opinion. Take it for what it's worth. I've been wrong before.
Still, it is a very neat picture.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John Page on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 01:08 am:

You will find that the original origin of that photo is from the Ford Canada Archives. You can find a larger picture and the credit for it in the Robert C. Kreipke Book " The Model T " A pictorial chronology of the most famous car in the world. Page 93
Regards, John


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 02:33 am:

A little wider view or perspective.
More fence - More roof -
Looks like the real deal to me.



Regards
Art


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Stroud on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 03:09 am:

Look again at the tires. There are tracks that are very visible behind the rear tires, and the right front has a faint track. Also, that load is nowhere near heavy enough to sag the TT rear springs. The house and fence are very era correct for a TT. JMHO. Dave


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 10:20 am:

I agree with David, the tracks are very clear, they show that the truck was driven off the grass at an angle onto the driveway, and the load would be around 1,200 pounds with the bigger part close to the front. but then Jay did admit that he faked this photo, and no doubt all the others he has posted:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. Gustaf Bryngelson on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 10:22 am:

By the way, there is nothing odd about a small Holstein, they are like every other mammal, they start from a single cell and grow.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 02:19 pm:

Oh yeah, well what about the fact there's no puddle of oil under the TT? How about that and why isn't there any manure dripping off the sides of the truck? And what makes anyone think those 3 horses can pull that barn down that driveway? Tell me that all you geniuses.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bob McDonald-Federal Way, Wa. on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 04:46 pm:

The mud on the tires is from the loading area behind the barn and the horses were heeded to pull the truck out of the mud to get going. The two front cows are checking to see they clear the gate post on the drivers side and the heifer is watching the other gate post.

My 2cents worth.
Bob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 05:34 pm:

Who's on first What's on second..............


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