Hi Candace,

I am in archives now but worked in a museum in Colorado last year.  My museum
did not have one, but I have seen many corn husking machines in other museums
out west.  Sounds like that could be what you have....perhaps if you could post
a digital picture to the list it might be easier for people to help you identify
it.  Hope you find an answer soon.  I sure know what its like to have a bunch of
unidentifiable farm equipment...!!  Have a great afternoon,

Laura

Quoting Candace Perry <[log in to unmask]>:

> Greetings, all those out in museum land...
> I am trying to identify a farm implement that has now had several purposes
> ascribed to it -- and since no one's actually seen one used, I'm not
> convinced!
> It's sled like object -- rather like a wide toboggan -- with two wrought
> iron loops on the curved end that would allow the thing to be hitched to a
> horse, ox or mule, presumably.  Then, embedded in one side are hundreds of
> pieces of worked flint -- looks like either broken arrowheads or tools.
> Some say it's a kind of smoother that would break up clumps in a field --
> but the flint couldn't do that, it's too fine, I think.  Then I have another
> description that makes it sound like some sort of threshing device or corn
> sheller, something that would separate the husks from corn, specifically.
> This particular implement I think was used in NJ but I've seen one other --
> and only one other -- in SE PA.
> Any ideas?
> Candace Perry
> Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
>
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