Grain Sickle, 1800-1840
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Sickles helped farmers harvest grain crops. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to gather and cut the stalks. The work also had to be done quickly before ripen grains were scattered by the wind or poor weather destroyed the crop. The invention of mechanized reapers did away with this laborious task on large acre farms.
Sickles helped farmers harvest grain crops. Using this age-old tool, however, was backbreaking work. Laborers constantly had to stoop over to gather and cut the stalks. The work also had to be done quickly before ripen grains were scattered by the wind or poor weather destroyed the crop. The invention of mechanized reapers did away with this laborious task on large acre farms.
Artifact
Sickle
Date Made
1800-1840
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
00.3.16802
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Steel (Alloy)
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Width: 20.125 in
Length: 21.125 in
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