Brings back memories. I'm almost 76. We had all those buildings, corn crib, barn, chicken coop, tool shed. Also, outhouse, root cellar, pig pen. Clothes line. 40 acres. Party line phone, didn't get a tv till I was about 10. 🙂

Corn Pop was a bad dude, he lived in a corn crib.

I wish I'd been raised on a farm and learned practical things. Not sure why I'm drawn to gardening, canning, hanging my wash out, sewing, crocheting, soap & candle making... I'm the odd ball in the family. Not even my grandparents did any of those things. I think I was switched at birth.😄👍 Love your treks down memory lane. Blessings.

Keep the tips coming, the old stories are the best! Thanks 🙂

Thanks MR. I used to work at a living history museum that recreated life in 1880's Texas, and we had smoke houses, corn cribs, and coops at all the homesteads, from the rich cotton farmer, to the poor tenant farmer. They all had those three buildings.

Thanks for this memory. I know my grandparents had a corn crib, but I don't remember much about it. My parents didn't have a smoke house, but he built one out of an old refrigerator. We had the chicken coop with 100 chickens per year. That gave us 2 chickens for Sunday dinner minus Christmas and Thanksgiving where we had turkey. My dad built a cabin and put his root cellar underneath of it. You just opened the trap door and went down for your carrots or whatever it was. I enjoy your stories of the old ways. We should learn them because we may need these old ways. Appreciate your sharing.

Growing up spent allot of time at our relatives farm and remember playing in the old chicken coop. Corn crib and all the out buildings crawling all over the equipment and trailers. Great memories. Thank y'all and have a blessed day.

Thank you for keeping this wisdom from the old timers alive.

Spent a lot of Saturdays on the farm my dad grew up on. Dairy, chickens, hogs, gardens, woods to hunt. A creek at the bottom of the hill. Yep, good memories!

We still see remnants of the corn cribs in our area. There’s actually one still in use. I remember when I was a child or even older teenager. They were everywhere.

Thanks for the share, Modern Refugee. Have a great week. Correct, smoke house, brooder house and coop. Corn crib

I’m live by a lot of Old Order Amish and Mennonites. I still see the Amish using corn cribs and have thought about making one for the homestead but I can’t justify it since we don’t grow dent corn. I think something else to remember for future use is a spring house and/or an ice house. The Amish around me use ice houses and the walls are VERY thick and comprised of foam boards. Instead of cutting ice from frozen lakes or rivers the Amish put out lots of 5 gallon buckets and let them fill up with rain water in the fall and let them freeze in the winter. They then put the ice in their ice house. I have talked to a few Amish they say that the ice will last until about September on average. Lots af variables that will determine this. As always a great topic from Modern Refugee.

I remember those buildings...my grandparents had a pumphouse where they stored canned goods and a hog hanging in the corner... best place to cool off in the summer 😎👍

Thanks for sharing this wonderful information. Love going down memory lane!

Our old corn crib blew down in a windstorm a few decades ago. I watched many a sunrise and sunset on that old corn crib. We made a chicken house out of the top of it that lasted for many years. It's always sad to see the old buildings go.

Wonderful story. Thank you

88 degrees today , then back to the low 70’s , high of 65 it says for Friday , all rain in the forecast , really windy today

100° heat index in Upstate NY this week. Its only JUNE !!!

Good story, thanks! I help a friend rebuild a 100 year old corn crib in St. Clair county and I was surprised at how sturdy it was. It had hammer made square nails which were almost impossible to remove. So sad how much knowledge we've lost.

Our barn had a corn crib built into it. I converted it into our chicken house when we moved here. It works well for the hens!

We used a old vertical chem tank for a calf hut. They are illegal for chems now and they will give them away. I could store Xtra wood in those still. What I want is the old dug out root cellar. Just built to modern standards with a back hoe instead of a shovel. I've got a few other buildings I'd like to add to our farm.

I remember Daddy cussing what he called skipper flies because they got to a ham in his smokehouse. We didn't have a corn crib. Daddy built a building to house what he fed the cows, cotton seed meal and cotton seed hulls. We grew field corn, but not enough to feed the cows. I'm growing field corn now mostly to shade the west side of the house. I want to try making hominy this year if it produces.

Hi MR. I remember somebody in the family had a corn crib. The dried corn was easily ground for cornmeal. Different looking than modern dried corn. Thanks.

Hello !

Thank you for sharing!

We’re binging your last 3 videos, since YT didn’t notify us of them. I’m utterly shocked that YT would do that.

I used to see them around but i haven't seen any in awhile but i bet that there's still a few in Elsie.

Good info, thanks MR!

Never heard of a corn crib before. Corn wasn't really a thing up here. Needed to create some that could grow up here 1st - now we have a few eating and cattle fed types but still difficult to grow. Good video always like learning something new.

Good video, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !

When the Indians dried meat & fish long long ago , did they have salt ? Or just air dried naturally

Was it stored with the husk on ? What did they do with the stalk? 🌽

After they harvested the corn, did they remove the husk, or did they leave it with the husk on? Also, what did they do to help prevent rodents from damaging the corn?

Have a awesome day, stay hydrated wow super hot 🥵