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ID	Category	Simple Name	Detailed Description	Thumbnail	Location
A528	AGRICULTURE	scythe	for mowing grass or corn long handle with two holds .		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A531	AGRICULTURE	pitchfork	for loading onto wagon, prongs 0.4long, handle 2.0 long		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A532	AGRICULTURE	pitchfork	for loading onto wagon This one has two bands round top and small prongs. 2 prongs 0.27 long, handle 1.65 long		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A533	AGRICULTURE	pitchfork	pitchfork, 3-prongs 0.45 lg, handle 1.45 lg,		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A534	AGRICULTURE	pitchfork	for pitching sheaves, small prongs 0.25 long, handle 1.25 long		Q On roof timbers above Bay 3 Cow Shed
A535	AGRICULTURE	pitch fork	for pitching sheaves small prongs 0.2 long, handle 1.2 long		Q On roof timbers above bay 3 Cow Shed
A540	AGRICULTURE	sickle	for cutting corn by the armful curved sickle with a wooden handle		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A550	AGRICULTURE	stick	used in left hand to gather a sheaf of uncut corn to be cut with fagging hook in right hand wooden handle with narrow metal rounded bar set in it in the curved shape of fagging hook or sickel without the blade		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A551	AGRICULTURE	rake	To rake up mown hay. Usually used by women before the advent of the horse rake, rake has 15 teeth and is entirely of wood		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A568	AGRICULTURE	root snibber	hooks bring up the roots short wooden handle ending in metal hooks set at an angle to handle pointing downwards.		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A569	AGRICULTURE	root snibber	for digging roots long wooden handle with two metal hoks set at right angles to handles pointing downwards		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A571	AGRICULTURE	turnip knife	hook is to enable worker to pick up turnip without bending. It is then removed from hook, held in left hand and top and tail removed by slicing down with a blade of knife held in right hand. short wooden handle. slightly curved metal blade approx 1 " wid		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A575	AGRICULTURE	graip	for lifting potatoes or beets six pronged fork with woden handle. Prongs are curved and rounded at ends.		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A610	AGRICULTURE	hand cultivator	Acts as part plough and part harrow. Used where land has to be stirred and cleaned and not turned over or ridged. Brings up the runners of weeds, roots or large stones buried beneath the surface.		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A626	AGRICULTURE	fagging hook	for cutting cereals into sheaves curved blade		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A627	AGRICULTURE	turnip knife	hook used to pick up beet or turnip. knife is for topping and tailing it. short wooden handle with straight metal blade ending in a hook		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
A643	AGRICULTURE	binder rake	Used with mechanical reaper, binder on which cut corn would be swept up by revolving 'sails' to a platform behind the cutterw where thises rakes wre used to rake it into sheaves Straight wooden handle has rake head attached at 135 degrees to it. handle i		Q on roof timber above Bay 3 of Cow Shed
A649	AGRICULTURE	sampling needle	was pushed into the centre of the rick and with drawn witn a sample of hay from centre. pulling shaft backwards closed tongue grasping hay sample long iron pole with ring handle on one end and barbed point like a fishook on other. This has moveable metal		Q suspended from roof timbers above bay 3
A651	AGRICULTURE	rick borer	screwed into hay stack for almost entire length on being withdrawn iut left a circular hole that lessened the fire risk Long iron shank 1 in square attached to cylindrical shell cutter 6 ins in diameter .		Q suspended from roof timbers Bay 3 of Cow Shed
A656	AGRICULTURE	caving fork	for taking up cavings a name given to short straw left after threshing. four pronged large fork curved. Prongs 0.53 long, handle 1.35 long		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
B513	AGRICULTURE	flail	used by beating flail on corns spread on barn floor long wooden pole with metal cap on end and leather thongs holding a wooden ring onto it. This is atached to a much shorter pole by means of a double leather thong between the poles. shorter pole is poin		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
C759	HORSES	string threader in leather case	string threader in leather case		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
D191	AGRICULTURE	hook	sack lifting hook		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed
D351	AGRICULTURE	scythe	scythe		Q Bay 3 Cow Shed

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