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Fork
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Fork
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Museum |
Tobacco Farm Life Museum
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Subject |
Pitchforks
Agricultural machinery & implements
Farming
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Description
2 Prong (pitch fork). Hand forged. Wood and metal.
Transcripton
Since a farmer could not go out to the store anytime he needed a tool, many of the tools on the farm were hand-made and were used in multiple ways. A two-prong pitchfork was one of these tools. Made by the blacksmith farmer, a pitchfork like this one had two metal tines that were secured to a long wooden stick, often with wire. The fork was used to pitch hay on the farm, and was also used in the corn shelling process to collect the corncobs.
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