Nineteenth century veterinary tools, carriages, sleds, horse-drawn field equipment and more are presented in the 1875 barn next door to the blacksmith shop.
The barn, which has a wood frame salvaged from an area barn, uses
mortise and tenon interlocking joints held together by wooden pegs. By a
fortunate coincidence the framework dimensions were identical to the
Society's vacant lot between the blacksmith shop and another building.
Displays range from sausage stuffers to one-row corn cultivators and
miniature profiles of LaSalle County soils.
One exhibit documents the evolution of various planters from hand-operated to mechanized implements that allowed farmers to increase their production while saving time and labor
