More Green New Deal Farming Tools
Apr 28, 2021 12:35:39 #
We found more hand farming tools that my family can use when the Green New Deal is implemented.
The two handed scythe we believe belonged to my wife's maternal Italian Immigrant grandfather from the 1920s.
The two-man crosscut saw (Misery Whip) was used by my wife's paternal grandfather and uncles from the 1940s.
The Milking Barn was built by my Wife's father in the early 1950s.
The two handed scythe we believe belonged to my wife's maternal Italian Immigrant grandfather from the 1920s.
The two-man crosscut saw (Misery Whip) was used by my wife's paternal grandfather and uncles from the 1940s.
The Milking Barn was built by my Wife's father in the early 1950s.
Two Handed Scythe
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Two Man Crosscut Saw (Misery Whip)
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1950s 4 Cows Hand Milking Barn and Milk House
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Apr 28, 2021 12:44:57 #
Interesting. I remember those tools and my cousin and I one Saturday helping our grandfather cut firewood with a crosscut saw. Also remember my mother doing laundry on a washboard.
Apr 28, 2021 13:22:47 #
JRiepe wrote:
Interesting. I remember those tools and my cousin and I one Saturday helping our grandfather cut firewood with a crosscut saw. Also remember my mother doing laundry on a washboard.
Great set. My Grandfather had a Scythe just like that one and the taught me how to use it. You always carried a sharpening stone when you used it. Pulled a crosscut saw once for fun. You know what? It wasn't fun
Apr 28, 2021 13:23:33 #
Apr 28, 2021 14:06:41 #
lwiley wrote:
We found more hand farming tools that my family can use when the Green New Deal is implemented.
The two handed scythe we believe belonged to my wife's maternal Italian Immigrant grandfather from the 1920s.
The two-man crosscut saw (Misery Whip) was used by my wife's paternal grandfather and uncles from the 1940s.
The Milking Barn was built by my Wife's father in the early 1950s.
The two handed scythe we believe belonged to my wife's maternal Italian Immigrant grandfather from the 1920s.
The two-man crosscut saw (Misery Whip) was used by my wife's paternal grandfather and uncles from the 1940s.
The Milking Barn was built by my Wife's father in the early 1950s.
Very interesting and informative family history. Thanks
Apr 28, 2021 14:24:44 #
When I was a kid my Dad had a scythe like that one. I had a lot of rabbits and he would use the scythe to cut tall grass for my rabbits. I tried it but was too short for it to work well.
Apr 28, 2021 14:50:25 #
Apr 29, 2021 05:44:45 #
inishowenjohn
Loc: Hindley Green Wigan
The scythe and crosscut - as a 1960s teenager in Ireland I used both but mastered neither. My grandfather was master of the scythe. Thanks for the memories.
Apr 29, 2021 08:12:40 #
Still using our scythe and loving it, Yes, you do need a sharpening stone close at hand.
Apr 29, 2021 10:53:33 #
I still have those tools. They are in dry dock now, replaced by something more efficient.
Apr 29, 2021 10:59:29 #
I'm old enough (93) that as a farm kid I have used every one of these but don't remember ever hearing the saw called a misery whip.
Apr 29, 2021 11:02:57 #
ad8rr
Loc: Jackson, Michigan
I just bought a new European Scythe from Scythe Supply in Perry, ME. Excellent tool and much easier to use than my gas powered string trimmer. It also keeps my nearly 76-year-old body moving!
Apr 29, 2021 11:09:44 #
Richard Spencer wrote:
I'm old enough (93) that as a farm kid I have used every one of these but don't remember ever hearing the saw called a misery whip.
Found that reference from an article on Google, and realized from conversations from my father-in-law and his brothers on how the long two man saws had a tendency to bend and whip if the two men got out of sync.
Apr 29, 2021 11:50:01 #
Apr 29, 2021 12:41:04 #
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