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- Rake -
- circa 1918
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Rake
- Rake - After cutting hay, it must be cured to help preserve it for future use. Left in the field to dry, the hay is gathered, turned and stacked using a variety of rakes. Farmers used large wooden rakes to gather hay into windrows. Smaller rakes would help turn the hay to ensure uniform drying.
- Collections - Artifact
Rake
After cutting hay, it must be cured to help preserve it for future use. Left in the field to dry, the hay is gathered, turned and stacked using a variety of rakes. Farmers used large wooden rakes to gather hay into windrows. Smaller rakes would help turn the hay to ensure uniform drying.
- Garden Rake -
- Collections - Artifact
Garden Rake
- Rake Head -
- Collections - Artifact
Rake Head
- Cranberry Rake - Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs. Historically, pickers harvested the fruit by hand during dry conditions. Commercial production required managed wetlands with ditches and flumes to flood the cranberry bogs. Pickers then knocked the fruit from the vines with a toothed rake or scoop. The fruit fell into the tool's receptacle or floated on the surface, where harvesters scooped them up.
- Collections - Artifact
Cranberry Rake
Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs. Historically, pickers harvested the fruit by hand during dry conditions. Commercial production required managed wetlands with ditches and flumes to flood the cranberry bogs. Pickers then knocked the fruit from the vines with a toothed rake or scoop. The fruit fell into the tool's receptacle or floated on the surface, where harvesters scooped them up.
- Garden Rake -
- Collections - Artifact
Garden Rake
- Garden Rake -
- Collections - Artifact
Garden Rake
- Rake, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Rake, circa 1900
- Hay Rake, 1825-1835 - This rake was common from the 1700s to the 1840s. Two horses dragged the rake over the field, reducing physical labor and time needed to harvest the scythe-cut hay. A farmer or a field hand walked behind holding the two wooden handles to keep the rake's teeth parallel to the ground. The operator stopped periodically and tipped the rake to deposit the hay into windrows.
- 1825-1835
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Hay Rake, 1825-1835
This rake was common from the 1700s to the 1840s. Two horses dragged the rake over the field, reducing physical labor and time needed to harvest the scythe-cut hay. A farmer or a field hand walked behind holding the two wooden handles to keep the rake's teeth parallel to the ground. The operator stopped periodically and tipped the rake to deposit the hay into windrows.
- Cranberry Rake, circa 1890 - Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs. Historically, pickers harvested the fruit by hand during dry conditions. Commercial production required managed wetlands with ditches and flumes to flood the cranberry bogs. Pickers then knocked the fruit from the vines with a toothed rake or scoop. The fruit fell into the tool's receptacle or floated on the surface, where harvesters scooped them up.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Cranberry Rake, circa 1890
Cranberries grow on vines in sandy bogs. Historically, pickers harvested the fruit by hand during dry conditions. Commercial production required managed wetlands with ditches and flumes to flood the cranberry bogs. Pickers then knocked the fruit from the vines with a toothed rake or scoop. The fruit fell into the tool's receptacle or floated on the surface, where harvesters scooped them up.