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3-row Horse-drawn Walking Cultivator - Cultivator, Walking
Solid iron cultivator has curved unpainted wooden handles attached to base with flat metal strips to cross-piece. Cross-piece has spool ends that go against outer "V" of cultivator for manuverability. Single-loop horse harness at front.
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Adriance "Buckeye" Spring-tooth Harrow, 1897 - Harrow, Spring-Tooth
"Buckeye" spring-tooth harrow is solid metal in two pieces. Both have three rows of springs, one with 3, 2 and 1 and one on each row and the other with 2, 3 and 2 on each row. Each unit has a set of solid metal wheels, each with five large flat spokes. Metal pulleys are attached to front of each unit beneath brackets for rigging. Vertical levers are attached to the back of each unit.
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Adriance Platt Sickle-bar Mower, 1892 - Mower, Horse-Drawn
Adriance Platt sulky two-horse sickle-bar Mower, 1892. Used for mowing fields of grain. Once mown, grains are left flat and scattered. Horse tree is wood painted a light yellow with unfinished wooden pieces mounted below it. Silver colored spiked blade extends out the right side and has two stained wooden handles mounted to end with green metal. Center of mower is painted red with green and silver painted iron mechanisms for adjusting mower....
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Avery Six-Disk Harrow - Harrow
Sulky (seated) six-disk Avery harrow has a triangular body and two six-spoke wheels attached to central vertical axle in front so that it can rotate left to right. Spade-shaped seat has two rows of round perforations and is mounted to back of body and above disks. Two three-disk units are mounted to back of body and clamp into holes of horizontal bar to adjust width. Two wire spring levers mounted to either side of seat for making wheel height...
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Bull Rake - Rake
Large sulky (seated) bull rake has two giant iron six-foot seven-double-spoke wheels on either side attached to central axle upon which spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval shaped perforations and ten curved rake forks are also mounted. Wooden horizontal board covers tops of forks and a wooden beam extends out front.
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Cambridge Walking Plow - Plow
Cambridge Walking Plow. Plow has solid iron blade, painted red with an unfinished wooden beam out front to the back of which are mounted to unfinished wooden handles with curved grips. Metal brackets extend down from front beam. There is a small wheel in front with "spokes" comprised of three circular openings.
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Champion Walking Plow - Plow
Large Champion walking plow is wood with painted red wooden beam and green painted iron metal bracket. Oak wooden handles extend behind large blade and are supported near grips by a red crossbar. Small six-spoke red iron wheel is mounted between two V-shaped brackets at front of beam.
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Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow - Plow, Hillside
Chattanooga Hillside Walking Plow. Plow has iron beam and center bracket, painted red, with arrow-shaped double-sided blade. Oak wooden handles come to a point above blade. Latch behind blade allows you to switch sides blade plows for making indentical rows perpendicular to slope as farmer switches back and forth.
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Coburn Branding Iron, c. 1872-1916 - Iron, Branding
Coburn Branding Iron, c. 1872-1916. Cylindrical metal rod extends length of tool. Metal rod splits into three metal tongs. Three metal tongs attach to rounded, C-shaped brand. Top of metal handle is shaped in a ring. Cylindrical rod is slightly curved from use.
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Corn Seeder, 1893 - Planter, Corn
Corn Seeder, 1893. Wooden corn seeder has a red painted finish. The base of the vertical wooden piece is hinged with a spring to another wooden piece. A disk inside the bottom of the cylinder spins revealing holes beneath that allow seeds to pass through when compressed. The canister is attached to the small wooden piece by a rod. Similar rods attach to a kick plate that are affixed to the small wooden piece on the other side. At the top of the l...
Record Type: Object
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Seated cultivator has long wooden beam out front that tapers to a rounded end covered with iron metal. Two double-seven-spoke wheels on either side of body which is composed of two rows each of seven curved metal bars attached to vertical springs in center and a horizontal rod at front above which is mounted a spade-shaped seat with two rows of oval perforations. A wire spring lever is mounted to right of seat for making wheel height adjustment...
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Cultivator - Cultivator
Iron metal walking cultivator has a small wheel, with three V-shaped spokes, in front. There are five curved metal prongs at bottom with a V-shaped metal scraper in back. Wooden handles with curved grips have wooden dowel and iron rod cross bars and come to a point at top center of body. A metal spring rod vertical lever is mounted between front of handles and is used to adjust width or tightening of blades. Cultivator is painted red while wo...
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Cultivator - Cultivator, Walking
Small walking cultivator has large 8-spoked iron wheel in front, small 5 prong cultivator in back and two oak wooden handles with curved grips and wooden dowel cross bar. Handles are mounted to wheel and cultivator by flat iron bar brackets. Used for weeding; it pops out weeds you do not want.
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Dain (John Deere) Wheel Buck Rake - Rake
Wood and iron wheel buck rake has a metal axle in back with inset six-spoke wheels between center and ends. Axle is framed by two horizontal wooden boards attached with metal brackets and approximately eight to ten "rake" pieces extending out front. Front piece has two long wooden beams attached by a horizontal board at front at the ends of which are attached two more six-spoke wheels. A larger seven-spoke wheel is sitting on top.
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Ditching Plow - Plow
Solid iron metal walking ditching plow has a double-sided blade that comes to a point in the center. A curved iron beam is mounted behind blade and extends out front and has a double six-hole harness mount at end. Iron handles have iron cross-support pieces and adjustable metal curved perforated grips. A small wheel with three V-shaped spokes sits just below and behind blade.
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Gale Single-bottom Walking Plow - Plow
Single Row Horse-Drawn Walking Plow. Wooden hangles attach to wooden beam and center iron piece, painted orange, that holds blade. V-shaped handle unit is mounted so that it can pivit from side to side. Wood has clear laquer varnish.
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German Rake - Rake
German rake. Hand-held rake has a four-foot head with 25 tines between two thick spokes. Affixed 2/3s up toward top of handle is a smaller metal handle with a wooden grip. Head has two metal pieces coming from top and attached to long handle, forming a triangle. A center metal piece attached to top of head is affixed over woodn handle lower end.
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Harpoon Hay Lift - Carrier, Feed
Solid iron harpoon hay lift is comprized of two upside-down U-shaped pieces attached at crossbar where a lever with hinged joints is mounted between on each side. Bottom of lever piece ends in an angled spike for grasping hay while top is secured with cotton rope. There is an iron ring at center of rope and below center of top of each upside-down "U": one ring is 4 1/2" while the other is 13 3/4". Both are attatched to top with wire.
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Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900 - Hook, Hay Bale
Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900. Hook has a solid iron hook with a pointed end that is affixed to a slightly bulbous cylindrical oak wooden handle through the center. Wooden handle is split into two sections mounted to either side of hook top end so that handle spins when hook is in use.
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Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900 - Hook, Hay Bale
Hay Hook, c. 1880-1900. Hook has a solid iron hook with a pointed end that is affixed to a slightly bulbous cylindrical oak wooden handle through the center.
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Holt Scraper, 1909 - Weeder
1909 Holt scraper is solid iron with a 2x4-inch wooden crosspiece above box. Back beam handle is curved iron. Box has a curved back, flat sides and open front. Top wooden beam is affixed via iron nuts and bolts to one of many notches in thick iron bracket that is mounted to sides and extend in front of and above box for adjusting scraper angle. Two looped iron rods extend out front and are mounted to inside sides of box.
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Homemade Weeder/Scraper - Weeder
Homemade Weeder/Scraper has a flat wooden wheel lined on outside with a flat piece of iron metal. Wooden bracket extends from wheel at back of which are mounted two wooden handles with perpendicular wooden grips mounted to ends. Handles are supported by an iron bar cross piece. Perpendicular T-shaped iron scraper with a flat bottom is mounted to wooden bracket behind wheel.
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International Harvester Corn Stalk Chopper - Chopper, Feed
International Harvester two-horse corn stalk chopper. Once corn is harvested, stalks are left on ground. This artifact is used to cut the stalks down for stillage (food for cows) or to add nutrients to the soil. Unit is solid iron with painted red body, seat and foot rests. Large iron spoked wheels, wooden beam for mounting horses and right-hand lever are painted yellow. Beneath seat are two 6-pointed horizontal blades mounted at points. Bl...
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International Harvester Dump Rake - Rake, Dump
International Harvester Dump Rake is used for raking cut grain into wind rows. Unit is painted yellow, red and blue and is solid iron metal with two long wooden beams out front. Large sixteen-spoke wheels on either side mounted to metal rod and L-shaped rod to which are affixed 27 curved rake forks with spring loop ends at top. Lever above center back for adjusting wheel height. Spade-shaped seat has two rows of round perforations, is red, an...
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International Harvester Manure Spreader - Spreader, Manure
Wooden International Harvester manure spreader has solid iron wheels, gears, seat and chains. Wooden tree is 55" long. Above it between front wheels is a wooden foot platform, above which is a spade-shaped seat bordered with two rows of perforated circles. Back is equipped with gears and chains that rotate spike-type pieces. At very back is a large spiral blade. Back wheels are larger than the front and both contain two sets of spokes.
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