Pitchfork
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Pitchforks worked as extensions of farmers' arms, allowing them to skewer, lift, and move larger quantities of hay, sheaves of grain, or straw than they could do with just their hands. They used different fork designs for different jobs. Two- and three-tine forks like this (with short metal points) worked best to pitch bundles of grain from field to wagon to thresher.
Pitchforks worked as extensions of farmers' arms, allowing them to skewer, lift, and move larger quantities of hay, sheaves of grain, or straw than they could do with just their hands. They used different fork designs for different jobs. Two- and three-tine forks like this (with short metal points) worked best to pitch bundles of grain from field to wagon to thresher.
Artifact
Pitchfork
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
74.203.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Harold O. Edison.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Metal
Color
Brown
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 66 in
Width: 7.25 in
Length: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
stamped into wood on shaft: 034 1/2 B / QUALITY - VALUE - UTILITY / TRUE TEMPER / FOR OVER 100 YEARS
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