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- Scythe Blade -
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Scythe Blade
- Scythe, circa 1875 - Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.
- circa 1875
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Scythe, circa 1875
Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.
- Whetstone Holder -
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Whetstone Holder
- Scythe, circa 1880 - Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.
- circa 1880
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Scythe, circa 1880
Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.
- Cradle Scythe, 1830-1850 - Nineteenth-century farmers needed to harvest grain quickly before time or weather could destroy it. Harvesters would swing the cradle scythe's blade through ripened fields. The cut grain would fall onto the wooden fingers -- the cradle -- where it would be dumped in neat rows ready for gathering. Skilled cradlers could harvest more grain than those using traditional sickles.
- 1830-1850
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Cradle Scythe, 1830-1850
Nineteenth-century farmers needed to harvest grain quickly before time or weather could destroy it. Harvesters would swing the cradle scythe's blade through ripened fields. The cut grain would fall onto the wooden fingers -- the cradle -- where it would be dumped in neat rows ready for gathering. Skilled cradlers could harvest more grain than those using traditional sickles.
- Scythe -
- Collections - Artifact
Scythe
- Whetstone Holder -
- Collections - Artifact
Whetstone Holder
- Scythe -
- Collections - Artifact
Scythe
- Whetstone Holder -
- Collections - Artifact
Whetstone Holder
- Scythe, circa 1850 - Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.
- circa 1850
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Scythe, circa 1850
Scythes helped farmers harvest hay and other grasses quickly. The long sharp blade cut large swaths through the crops. The long handle allowed harvesters to work upright, which removed the bending and stooping required when using a sickle. Swinging a scythe was still hard work. In the 19th century, innovative farmers created mowing machines that made harvesting hay even easier.