This is an amazingly well kept barn, There are so few that look like this in upstate NY. Most are falling down a surrounded by brush and weeds, as small family farms are no longer able to compete with agrifarma conglomerates. The few that are as pristine are being bought and fixed up by our Amish neighbors who moved here to buy long ago failed farms. I notice there is no diesel or gas powered farm equipment in evidence in the puzzle. There is no junk around the barn and the fields are worked. These are the obvious signs of an Amish run farm in our county.
Later--I decided to Google "Day Barns". I didn't feel like reading the whole article--but from what I skimmed, I think it was named after a farmer named "Day". So someone else look it up and let us know what the deal is.
aknan
Oct 14, 2015
Hey, Starrphyre, that was my first thought, too!
JamieT
Oct 14, 2015
I think a day barn is one of multiple levels. Didn't we have a "day" barn puzzle not too long ago?
KarenBuglet
Oct 14, 2015
I was also thinking along the lines of day and night barns that serve different purposes. Looks like this is a unique barn that is named after the man who originally owned it. I've got a bit of a headache and didn't feel like wading through the articles that came up when I googled "day barn". I think we have gotten the gist from quickly scanning the info.
KarenBuglet
Oct 14, 2015
Meant to add that it's simply enormous. I wonder what all took place inside when it was a working barn.