Appalachian Bluebird: Old Appalachian farming was dangerous work

Appalachian Bluebird: Old Appalachian farming was dangerous work

There was a time when the sound of a farm waking up in the morning did not always mean the day would end safely. Before tractors had enclosed cabs, before machines came with guards and warning labels and before medical help could be reached with the simple turn of a telephone, Appalachian farms were places where work and danger lived side by side. The rooster crowed, the fire was stirred in the kitchen, animals needed feeding, fields needed tend…