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Larry and Carole
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Misc. Antique & Vintage
Farm Related Tools


Primitive Garden Forks3 Primitive Garden Forks    This style of garden fork comes in all different sizes and styles.  Each one is handmade and unique in some way.  These were all part of the collection hanging in the store for over 30 years.  Note the one on the right has steel tips to make it stronger, or to hide repairs.  Neat!!  

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CYN-RK-1-3

Left ... Good+ ..... $55.00    SOLD!

Middle ....... Good+ ..... $75.00    SOLD!

Right ....... Good+ ..... $125.00

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Primitive Shovel & ForkPrimitive Shovel & Fork    The shovel is carved from 1 piece of wood.  It is American, or at least was bought as such back in the 70's. 

I am not sure of the intended purpose of the fork.  Probably to lift some light material like hay into the wagon.  It is in very nice condition and not a form you find or see very often.   Neat!!   

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CYN-SF-1-2

Shovel . . . Good+ ..... $225.00    SOLD!

Fork ....... Good+ ..... $125.00

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Primitive Shovel from 1 Piece of WoodPrimitive Shovel from 1 Piece of Wood    The shovel is carved from 1 piece of wood.  Note the flattened design of the back.  It has been oiled and looks great. 

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CYN-SF-1

Shovel . . . Good+ . . . . . $245.00

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Corn PlanterCorn Planter    This not complete.  It is one of the rarest and most desirable of all corn planters that can be found.  What you see is all I have.  What is here is complete and nice.    What you need is another one, and the cross bar.  The idea being whoever was wearing it could get 2 times the work done if he could keep track of what he was doing and keep his balance as he walked down a row pulling levers and -------. 

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CYN-CORN-1

Good+ . . . . . $100.00

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American Corn Huskers by Jim MoffetAmerican Corn Huskers by Jim Moffet   This book was published in 1994 in one run and is now long out of print.   It is the authoritative work on the subject of corn huskers, their patents, and their development by Jim Moffet.  Who'd a thunk that there could be so many different variations of such a simple tool.  The book opens with a fascinating story of a corn husking contest held on the farm back in the 1920's.  It says over 20,000 people attended and that they served 50,000 or more hamburgers that day.  Can you imagine?  It is a great book, very informative and has some great illustrations.  

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CLM-RW1

Very Good . . . . . $75.00

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Grain Test4' Brass Grain Test    These devices come in different lengths and I have seen 10' models.  This one has a maker tag on the top.  They were used to check the quality of a load in either a cart, rail car, or wagon when it was brought to market..  Push it through the grain to the bottom, turn the handle and the grain from that level fills the rod so it can be inspected after withdrawing it.   Seems like some folks, weather it was the farmer, or the delivery guy sometimes loads the wagon with different grades of material, and i bet they were not putting the bad stuff on the top.   I had a friend take me to a modern grain distributin point where they were loading over 100 cars headed to Texas to be processed.  It was quite an operation, and there were not any of these in evidence.   

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JF-GT-1

Good+ . . . . . $120.00

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Fence StretcherFence Stretcher    These devices come in a myriad of different designs, all meant to make the homestead more secure, or at least the fence more evenly stretched after something broke through, or you were fencing in that last 40 acres.  A step back in time.

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CYN-farm-8

Good+ . . . . . $30.00

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Primitive Rat TrapPrimitive Rat Trap   Note the cast iron hinges at the sides that this early trap has.  OSHA probably outlawed it as it is powerful enough to break a finger, or take off a toe, and not the rats.    A step back in time.

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CYN-RAT-1

Good+ . . . . . $55.00

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