Stone Barn Park Committee members met at the stone barn at 4:00 pm to evaluate how they were going to clean the barn, primarily the loft, so that Brander Construction Technologies could come in and evaluate the barn for the Historic Structures Report.
There is a lot of old loose hay and a few bales in the loft. The plan is to pitch the hay over the edge of the loft floor directly into a chopper box that was donated for the project by Tom Przybylski (an area farmer who lives near the barn). Tom originally wanted the old hay to use for bedding his cows, but once we saw how much raccoon droppings were in the hay, we convinced Tom that it would not be wise to use it for that purpose. Chris Jaworski said he would also bring his tractor and manure spreader so that he can haul some of the old hay to his family's farm and spread it on their field.
We recently learned that the old well was
lined with stones and wanted to see it for ourselves, so we pulled the
cover off the large well and had a peek. What an amazing sight (see photo
below)! The DNR told us earlier this summer that the well will have to be filled in due to ground water contamination and liability issues.
We will take lots of pictures of it and document everything before it's filled
in.
