Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

5763

Title

Janie (on tractor), John and Tony Vander Vegte (right) haying.

Date

[1966?].

Description

Janie (on tractor), John and Tony Vander Vegte (right) haying. View is roughly east from the Vander Vegte farm (the Dixon farm). Further east is McLeod Athletic Park. The tree in the photograph stood tall on the lane until about 1985 when it came down in a windstorm. Appears to be taken the shortly after #5764.

People/Subject

Agricultural Machinery

haying

Vander Vegte, Janie

Daughter of Catherine and John Vander Vegte.

Vander Vegte, John

John married Catherine Bron. The couple had four children: Anne, Janie, Tony and Nancy. They purchased the Dixon farm in 1958 from a Mrs. Cummings. John renovated the barn which had wooden aisles, gutters and mangers. Concrete was poured and they milked 20 Guernsey cows as the first herd. They then switched to Holsteins and ran the dairy farm until about 1968, when they auctioned off the cows and sold the quota. They then raised heifers until they moved into a condo in 1977. John passed away in 2003.

Vander Vegte, Tony

Son of Catherine and John Vander Vegte.

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