Planned acquisition list for Gallery 1 of Buckeye Agricultural Museum and Education Center. Exhibits date from 1800 to 1865:
LAND CLEARING
Early vellum land grant from region Stone boat Bobsled Harrow (rectangular) Harrow (triangle or “A’ shape) Breaking plow with wood moldboard Side plow Land roller / Clod crusher Grubbing hoe Wooden rake Blacksmith-made iron rake Felling axe Other kinds of axes Surveyor’s compass Land chain Stump puller Ring dog Log tongs Pickaroon
HARVESTING
Reaping hook Scythe Grain Cradle Wooden hay forks Barley fork Grain flail Wooden grain shovel Winnowing tray / fan Corn husking pegs in wood, iron, bone, antler Corn shock binder Corn cutting knife Leg-mounted Corn stalk cutter Two-row horse-drawn corn cutter Potato plow Tobacco spear point Tobacco drying lath Tobacco tomahawk Hay saws / knives – various styles Hay hooks – blacksmith forged Hay sling Hay crook Hay harpoon Fodder cutter Slaw shredding board Pottery storage vessels – crocks, jars ,bottles etc. Wooden barrel
CUTTING TOOLS
Broad axe Broad hatchet Mortising axe Holtzaxe Other various axes Axe handle pattern Two-man saw Timber saw Hand augers Froe Froe club Drawknife Wood adz Clapboard slick Stone crandal Bark spud Sharpening stone Block / stump knife Glut Corner chisel Mortising chisel
CHEESE MAKING TOOLS
Cheese press Curd rake Curd whisk Cheese ladder Cheese hoops Cheese tester Curd breaker
TEXTILE TOOLS
Wool-spinning wheel Flax-spinning wheel Flax breaker Scutching knife Flax hatchel Hanks of combed flax Specimens of flax plants Wool carders Niddy-noddy Yarn winder – various styles
HOG-RELATED TOOLS
Hog gallows Gambrel stick Scalding trough Hog scraper Master butcher’s tool set Butchering saw Meat axe Butchering cleaver Butchering knives Lard rendering kettle Lard stirrer Tin dipper Meat grinder Meat hooks Smokehouse hooks Butchering table Brass butchering ladles and skimmers Hog bearer (ladder) Lard press (bench style) Lard press (hand style) Sausage press (bench style) Plunger-type sausage gun
APPLE ITEMS
Apple barrow Apple butter kettle Apple butter stirrer Wooden apple peeler Wooden apple corer Wooden slatted schnitz drying tray Fruit/cider press Grafting froe
BUTTER ITEMS
Butter box Butter scales Butter churns (stomper, pump, rocking, wig-wag, etc.) Butter working table Tabletop butter worker Butter tub Butter prints / cased molds Butter Bowl Butter paddle Butter spade Scotch hands
MAPLE SYRUP ITEMS
Wooden sap buckets Wooden sap spiles Evaporator pan Human shoulder yoke Copper skimmer LAUNDRY / CLEANING ITEMS
Lye soap Soap stirrer Soap-making board Wash tub Wash board Scrub stick Wooden washing agitator Early ironing board Early sleeve ironing board Early sad iron Early tailoring iron
ICE HARVESTING ITEMS
Large and small ice saws Ice adz Horse-drawn ice marker Ice tongs Ice chippers – short and long
HORSE-RELATED ITEMS
Horse treadmill (for 1 or 2 horses) Horseshoe collection Muck shoes Horse collar Hames Harnesses Fly netting Twitch Wooden sweat scraper
GRAIN ITEMS
Early flax grain sacks Bag opener Grain bag branding iron
GENERAL BARN ITEMS
Conestoga wagon Early cultivator Potato planter Early hand grinding mill Early pulleys Brass jelly kettle Jelly kettle stirrer Flop-over rake Wrought iron gang fork Dog / goat treadmill Schnitzelbank Milking stool Wooden trough hewn from log Ox yoke Goat yoke Oxen shoes Bee skep Pottery beehive Queen bee box Splint baskets (various forms) Rye straw baskets (various forms) Wooden pail Winch assembly for well Well sweep Well hook Grindstone Wagon jack Hand-wrought barn hinges / hardware Early handmade ladder Privy shovel Hand-forged manure fork Hand-forged shovel Bull whip Early lanterns / lighting devices Grease horns Ripe stick Dengelstock Ripple comb Tin horn (for calling workers from field) Pottery poultry waterer Kindling / firewood sledge Wood-spoked wheelbarrow Wool packing table Wool comb Trochar Early copper still Log dog Holder / clamp for sawing logs Whetstone Whetstone holder Hopper assembly from grain mill Beam scale Small blacksmith’s forge Blacksmith’s tongs Anvil Nailmaker’s bench Barn commander Early brace with bits Chalk line holders Saw-setting vise Saw-setting gauge Broom maker’s vise Broom making machine Raft shackles Snow knocker Soapstone boot dryer Tanner’s fleshing knife Currier’s knife Slicker Pumpkin chopper Ear corn dryer Animal pokes Rope winder Rope spool for barn raisings Kraut stomper All-wood door locks Wooden barn “trunnels” Slaters tools Barred window