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Built in the Summer of 2000, this is the New Barn. The majority of the siding is from the Lattin’s old barn. The old barn, formerly located to the East of their residence, was moved from Dick Lattin’s farm (East from here, on Sheckler Road), to this Farm around 1946. The old barn was built around the turn of the century. Grandpa Lattin remembers when he was a boy, listening to the farmworkers singing as they milked the cows in the old barn. Today, the new barn will house some antiques and serve as a demonstration area for the 5000+ school children who visit the Farm each year.
Rick Lattin recently acquired this Hammermill from the Charles Whitaker Ranch. It was used to grind corn for small animals, without having to shell the cobs first. The piece got its name from the small hammers inside that crush the product. Notice the place for the screens at the base of the mechanism; different-sized screens were used according to the size of animal that would be consuming the ground food. The two siphons on the side were for sacking. A grain sack was attached to each siphon. Alternately, the milled product filled the sacks. As one sack was sewn closed, the other filled, and so forth. This one piece of equipment was a full-milling operation. The woodstove is a replica recently acquired by Rick Lattin. And the old camera was found while cleaning out the old house across the way, after the building was moved from town to become the Kitchen at Lattin Farms.
Ask for a live demonstration of how pioneers used to shell and grind their corn for various cooking dishes, as well as preparation for livestock, with Cornshellers such as these.
