In this article, I will share all that and let you know how you can identify an antique hay rake and determine its true value. A hay rake is a tool that farmers use to rake hay into piles before picking it up manually. Hay rakes came in different forms and variations. The earliest hay rake was a handheld one made of wood and metal.

2022年5月18日 · The antique hay rake ranged from a hand tool to horse or tractor-drawn farm equipment. Discover more about the history of the hand rake and how it was used.

Antique hay rakes are old tools that farmers used to rake hay into piles before picking it up. The procedure included cutting and drying the grass, raking it into piles, and pitching it onto a wagon. Before the 19th century, people used wooden rakes for this purpose and made less than two acres of hay a day.

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When pull-type balers first appeared, horse rakes were used to dump hay in piles across the field, at right angles to the line of travel of balers, to make a windrow. Thus, side-delivery rakes, like you describe, were an improvement, because farmers could drive up and down the field to make a windrow for the baler to pick up.

2006年7月1日 · Prior to the 19th century, making hay took few tools: a scythe, wooden rake and a pitchfork. Farmers cut the hay, raked it into piles, then pitched it onto a wagon. On a good day, one man could make two acres of hay. Early in the 19th century, horse-drawn sickle bar mowing machines came to the hayfield.