Child with four Merino sheep.

Merino sheep have thick, soft wool that is creamy white. They have wool on their legs.

Old black-and-white photo of Valley Farmstead a large two-story house with eight shuttered windows, a front porch, and a metal roof. The house is surrounded by trees and a picket fence, with three women and two children standing in front of the gate.

Valley Farm house. "Samuel Cockayne homestead built in 1789 of walnut logs later weatherboarded."

1958 black and white picture of cows grazing on Cockayne Farm

Farming life in September of 1958

Horse pulling hay in a field.

August 1958 Horse pulling hay.

Man and two mulles

Man with a horse and a mule in the field.

Sheep blocking the path.

Sheep blocking the road.

Large, male Merino sheep.

Infamtado Ram, Eureka
Winner of the VT State Fair 1864

Mare and colt on the Cockayne Farm
Black horse in the field

"This is Glenn's race horse - he has him at Columbus in training now. They sold Mauners".

Adults sitting on stools milking cows while a young child watches them.

Milking the cows

Bushy-tailed squirrl sitting on a railing eating

Bushy-tailed squirrel

Four cows grazing near the woods.

Septembr 1958 Cows grazing

Steam powered tractor engine

Steam powered tractor engine

White horse pulling the reaper through the field

Horse and colt grazing in the field.

Man plowing in the field with a horse-drawn plow.

Black and white photo of two children washing sheep in a small creek, with a wooden fence and trees in the background, early 1900s.
Horse Plowing

August 1958 Horse pulling hay.

Man and donkey on a trail

May 1963

Sheep sitting outside a brick barn.

Eight sheep lying down in the front of the Cockayne barn.

An old, sepia-toned photograph showing a traditional rural scene with a horse-drawn cart beside a wooden fence and a barn under a large, arched structure.

Men working hay on the farm.

A sepia-toned photograph of two children outdoors, one standing in a shallow water area wearing a hat, and another standing on rocks nearby. There are large trees and a wooden fence in the background.

Merino sheep getting their wool cleaned in Little Grave Creek so they could be sheared..