New Farm: Equipment and Stable

We moved in in early April of 1932 with only a few pieces of farm equipment and they were very worn and antiquated. Before we moved I had converted an old Ford car into a tractor by using a conversion unit that I bought from some place in the Midwest. It had enough power but it was slow and cumbersome. However, we used it and were able to survive as well as many others did.
We had to cement the floors and stall of the cow stable. We broke holes through the stone wall and put in more windows, and then built a new, but small, milkhouse with a concrete water trough to cool the milk. This was all in order to pass inspection by the state milk inspectors before we were allowed to sell milk.