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- Hay Knife, circa 1885 - Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. Daison E. Haskell's invention added a hinged footrest to the shaft of a knife. Farmers stepped on Haskell's pedal and forced the cutting edge deeper into the haystack. This hay knife resembles Henry O. Turner's 1878 design.
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Hay Knife, circa 1885
Farm families cut and cured enough grass each summer to make hay to feed their livestock all winter. Stored hay settled over time and farmers used special knives to cut out chunks for feed. Daison E. Haskell's invention added a hinged footrest to the shaft of a knife. Farmers stepped on Haskell's pedal and forced the cutting edge deeper into the haystack. This hay knife resembles Henry O. Turner's 1878 design.