When this barn was built in 1920-21, the surrounding area was a dairy farm with acres of hay, rows of vegetables, and a herd of cows grazing in pasture. Farm work was tough and required a community, with neighbors helping each other harvest hay and build barns. Farmers stored hay for winter feed on the main level, while stalls on the lower level housed horses and cows in winter. Teams of horses, and later tractors, pulled wagonloads of hay up the ramp and into the barn. The silo is gone, but the concrete circle next to the barn was its base; silos held silage, undried and compacted corn, grass, or alfalfa, to feed farm animals in winter. Barn raisings showed community spirit during hard work.