Bussey, McLeod Company, Troy, NY, wood stove, S. Worthington Methodist Church. This is one of two similar units, this one located on the SW side of the sanctuary.
1908 postcard, black and white, lithographed showing "Post Office Corner, Worthington, Mass. W.M. Shaw's Store" from south. Mailed to Mrs. J. G. Blackman in Holyoke. Message reads: Aug. 16, 1908. I am glad you liked thew pictures even though you want…
John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…
John Jarvis (1888-1967), immigrated from Lithuania in 1910 and eventually settled in Worthington along with his sister, Mary. His farm at the corner of Indian Oven Road and Old Post Road (no longer extant) was known for its large number of turkeys.…
The spruce plantation has been cut. The logs are queued for further processing. The pollards are stacked for chipping. These tree-tops are clean, they will be chipped for burning as bio-mass at the Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
Our dog…
The spruce plantation has been removed using a 'feller buncher'. The logs have been removed from the site. The green needles on the ground will decompose. It will be necessary either to graze a few goats in the cut area, or plan to brush hog the…
Logs are in queue for further processing. The picker is picking up clean boughs for chipping. The ships will be used to generate steam at Cooley Dickenson Hospital in Northampton.
Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!
The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…