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- Manure Fork, 1875-1890 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- 1875-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Manure Fork, 1875-1890
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- Pitchfork, circa 1875 - 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.
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Pitchfork, circa 1875
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.
- Pitchfork, circa 1875 - 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.
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Pitchfork, circa 1875
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.
- Manure Fork, 1875-1890 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- 1875-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Manure Fork, 1875-1890
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- Manure Fork, 1875-1890 - Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.
- 1875-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Manure Fork, 1875-1890
Farmers with stall-fed livestock had to move a lot of manure. They used short-handled forks like this that gave them added leverage as they scraped, lifted, and moved the valuable resource from the barn floor to a cart, wagon or manure spreader. Then they spread the organic mattered on fields to add nutrients that plants needed to grow and biomass that helped soil retain moisture.