Farm Whats It

[oliver2-44 9,879]

So I was at the farm this week and these have been hanging in the barn as long as I can remember. 

My brother always told me they were quite old and used with x but I recently saw some on something else a little bit newer. but still quite old.  Maybe they were used both ways.

 

 

 

This was also in the barn. Homemade, but common on area farms when I grew up working on the farm.

 

 

[JimSraj 444]

The hook was used to pick up and carry smaller square hay and/or straw bales. 

[Ed Kennell 38,906]

[Ed Kennell 38,906]

54 minutes ago, JimSraj said:

The hook was used to pick up and carry smaller square hay and/or straw bales. 

                                                I used the hooks to pull the hay bales from the baler chute and stack them on the wagon.

 

Were the plates used on potato equipment?

Edited November 8, 2024 by Ed Kennell

[Horseoholic 200]

Cultivator parts on the first couple pictures, not sure of manufacture but definitely used on some type of cultivator.

 

Edited November 8, 2024 by Horseoholic

[ebinmaine 68,625]

Cool pics. 

 

Another vote for hay hook. 

[TonyToro Jr. 1,634]

Hay hook and I think maybe something for ground vegetables for harvesting

[Pullstart 63,122]

@Horseoholic thanks for that picture!  I figured they engaged the dirt, but wasn’t sure how.  They remind me of a planer board for deep water fishing!

[953 nut 56,016]

1 hour ago, Horseoholic said:

used on some type of cultivator

They are known as crop shields. While cultivating vegetable row crops they push the stems and leaves of the plants away from the tines.

[Achto 27,844]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

While cultivating vegetable row crops they push the stems and leaves of the plants away from the tines.

 

They also shield your smaller plants so that they do not get covered by the dirt that is displaced by the cultivator.

[Handy Don 12,544]

12 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Clearly used in pairs with the crease to add strength against bending.

I’d guess they were used flanking a cultivator to protect plantings adjacent to the the cultivated area from getting caught in the cultivator

[oliver2-44 9,879]

 @JimSrajim and @Ed Kennell were correct last night on the Hay Hook. I wait till this morning to reply to see if it got any sinister accusations or descriptions.   

My brothers and I used these hauling a lot of hay.  As hay got stacked higher on the trailer or the stack in the barn we would reach down and grab the bale being held up or thrown to us.

 

@Horseoholic and @953 nut  nailed the plant shields.  I've only see one set of these on a tractor a tractor show.  

They used to hang in the barn with a set of mule harnesses.  My oldest brother said as a youth he had seen them used hanging from the mule harness to protect the plants.  Not sure if this is also correct or not.