30 Strange Features on Old American Barns (Every One Is a Hidden Date)

In 1886, one nail in ten made in America was wire. By 1913 it was nine in ten, and that one change can put a date on an old barn wall. So can the hay hood, the lightning rods, the silo and the paint, and most of them can be read from the county road. Tell me the oldest thing on the barn nearest your road and the year it gives you, and whether anything was ever written on the boards inside. #OldBarn #Barns #BarnRaising #FarmLife #RuralAmerica