Farmstead


	Farmstead Log House To the left you can see the 14'x 18' farmstead house. It was built in 1920 along Brown's creek in the township of Prairie Lake. It was a home for the late Elling Petterson. Olaf and Einar and his brother, Edwin built the house. It later was occupied by his daughter, Ms. Petra Louis. The log construction is known as "dove tail notch", which is of Swedish origin c. 1640. The tools used to make this notch were a lip adze and axe.
Log Barn To the right you can see the 12'x20' log barn. It was built in 1918 by the late Jim Avery on the present Bradley Nelson farm in the township of Prairie Lake. The log construction is known as "sharp notch" and the tool used was mainly an axe. It was moved to the museum grounds in July of 1976.	Horse Tack in Barn
	Hennigan Stump Puller To the left you can see the Hennigan stump puller with its vertical pull. It was very succesful on pine trees because of the near surface radiating root systems. It was moved from stump to stump and its lift power was supplied by 4 to 6 horses. This stump puller was reconstructed by August Bjugstad of Barron and he donated it to the museum in 1976.
Crib Silo To the right you can see the nine sided crib silo which was built about 1915. It is constructed of 2"x4" wood sections with a mortise groove on top and bottom. When laid, a key strip was inserted between each section to gain stability and moisture resistance. It was given to the museum by Larry Wold of Prairie Lake in 1974.
A Henningan Stump Puller	Treadmill To the left you can see the Treadmill. It was purchased in the early 1900's by Wm. Halverson of Canton. It was used by him to pump water until 1922 when he bought a gas engine to replace it. He had used a purebread Guernsey sire to work the treadmill, which pumped the water.

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