Summary

Barnyard

A barnyard (British English: farmyard) is a barn adjoined to a yard, its demise began when the tractor and truck replaced the horse and wagon. A barnyard of the 1800s was fenced in an area of an acre or more. It was the domain of the mules, horses, and other barnyard animals. Animals often rested in barnyards after days of work on the fields. The barnyard was also a good place for an apple or pear tree, which would provide shade. The watering trough and hand driven well occupied a prominent place in the barnyard, some farmers used wooden troughs while some used large iron pots. In either case they had to be filled daily, either by a pitcher pump, or by windmill. Pumping the trough full, by hand, each day was usually the laborious chore of the farm boys. It took a long time of continuous pumping with a pitcher pump to fill a large trough. A large barn was often central to the barnyard, storing wagons and a hay rake. A hayloft towered above the ground floor, the barn cupola capped off...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Barnyard. You should replace/update it...

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