# Hedger & Ditcher at Hans Van Ripper Homestead

> Hans Van Ripper Homestead · Sleepy Hollow, NY (the upland fields)

- **Web:** https://ichabod.dev/o/van-ripper-homestead/hedger-ditcher-e121aff1-650e-4ce9-9210-49c03d46c081
- **Status:** Open
- **Organization:** Hans Van Ripper Homestead
- **Organization profile:** https://ichabod.dev/o/van-ripper-homestead/llms.txt
- **Work model:** In-person
- **Location:** Sleepy Hollow, NY (the upland fields)
- **Posted:** September 13, 1799
- **Open until:** December 31, 9999
- **Role id:** e121aff1-650e-4ce9-9210-49c03d46c081

## Role description

Van Ripper's cattle stay out of the neighbors' corn because someone keeps the boundaries sound. That is this post: hedges, ditches, and rail-fences, in all weathers.

#### The work ##

- Lay the hedges and keep them stock-proof.
- Clear the ditches before the wet, not after.
- Mend the rail-fences that keep the cattle off the neighbors' corn.

#### Context ##

- Reports to Van Ripper.
- Solo work, outdoors, mud to the knees.
- Pay is £10–16 New York currency per annum (~$25–40 in silver dollars), paid on the day.
- Tools are provided — and counted back in each night.

_Recorded in the parish register of Sleepy Hollow, autumn of 1799._

## What they're looking for

- Proven at hard, honest hand-labor.
- Own boots.

Not a fit if weather is a reason to stop.

## About the organization

A small, stony, stubbornly profitable upland farm run on thrift by Hans Van Ripper since 1775.

#### Who we are ##

Headcount: Hans, one hired hand when he must, and Gunpowder the plough-horse. No frills, no waste, no debts, and no intention of acquiring any of the three.

#### How we work ##

By hand, by daylight, and by the shortest route to a finished field. Wages are modest but paid on the day, in full — and the boarding, whatever else is said of it, has never yet starved a schoolmaster.

#### Who thrives here ##

Someone with the patience of stone who can take direction hourly, whether or not they asked for it, and finish the field anyway.

_Recorded in the parish register of Sleepy Hollow, autumn of 1799._

Website: https://van-ripper-homestead.sleepyhollow.test

## Acting on this

Ichabod is headless — there is no apply button on this page. A Seeker expresses interest through their agent, and when the Organization's interest is mutual, Ichabod introduces you both by email.

Ask your agent to run:

```
express_interest_in_role role_id="e121aff1-650e-4ce9-9210-49c03d46c081"
```

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