Add to ORKGbunching... the division of labour was essentially similar to that of haying. Men worked the scythes or cradles, women and children did the binding ("bunching" in the Avalon, "bundling" in Mirimichi).PRINTED ITEM W.J. KIRWINFEB 1973 JH FEB 1973Not usedNot usedWithdrawnWithdrawn but no stam
millings. . . in the early days of the settlement cooperative work was carried on, but always in t...
tress v...what I mean by "tressing" was _ a set of steel hoops an' you'd hammer these an' the bar...
rip-hooks. . . the men cut the grass with long-handled scythes (sives). In smaller areas, they mig...
bunchingThroughout the nineteenth century grain was often harvested communally. Both men and women...
stooksThroughout the nineteenth century grain was often harvested communally. Both men and women c...
cuttingConsiderable cooperative labor occurred also within and between sections in such affairs as...
winrowsLater in the day, weather permitting, the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground an...
save v. . . the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground and later raked into "winrows", a co...
Hand scythe with cradle showing the pioneer method of cutting grain and men tying bundles with stran...
make v. . . the men cut the grass with long-handeled scythes (sives). In smaller areas, they might...
small a. . . the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground and later raked into "winrows", a c...
sweep vIn the Avalon hay cocks were also ''swept in'' on the ground to the yard by means of a long ...
tail n'An' we had tillers an' wheel ropes, an' sometimes the men used to get knocked out. There'...
bunchGrain was cut in September.... Cutting with the sickle or reaphook was an extremely ardous ta...
hurlingThe barnyard supply [of stable manure] was further augmented by the frozen droppings of live...
millings. . . in the early days of the settlement cooperative work was carried on, but always in t...
tress v...what I mean by "tressing" was _ a set of steel hoops an' you'd hammer these an' the bar...
rip-hooks. . . the men cut the grass with long-handled scythes (sives). In smaller areas, they mig...
bunchingThroughout the nineteenth century grain was often harvested communally. Both men and women...
stooksThroughout the nineteenth century grain was often harvested communally. Both men and women c...
cuttingConsiderable cooperative labor occurred also within and between sections in such affairs as...
winrowsLater in the day, weather permitting, the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground an...
save v. . . the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground and later raked into "winrows", a co...
Hand scythe with cradle showing the pioneer method of cutting grain and men tying bundles with stran...
make v. . . the men cut the grass with long-handeled scythes (sives). In smaller areas, they might...
small a. . . the hay was shaken out evenly over the mown ground and later raked into "winrows", a c...
sweep vIn the Avalon hay cocks were also ''swept in'' on the ground to the yard by means of a long ...
tail n'An' we had tillers an' wheel ropes, an' sometimes the men used to get knocked out. There'...
bunchGrain was cut in September.... Cutting with the sickle or reaphook was an extremely ardous ta...
hurlingThe barnyard supply [of stable manure] was further augmented by the frozen droppings of live...
millings. . . in the early days of the settlement cooperative work was carried on, but always in t...
tress v...what I mean by "tressing" was _ a set of steel hoops an' you'd hammer these an' the bar...
rip-hooks. . . the men cut the grass with long-handled scythes (sives). In smaller areas, they mig...