I would almost be that photo was taken of either Hutterites , or Dukabour women cutting grain on a colony farm in western Canada, sometime in the 1920’s. Our family farm had a lot of orchard on it , around the turn of the 20th century. My Great Grandfather grew grain in between the trees. Of coarse Apple trees were very tall then , not like the dwarf trees you see now. My Grandfather had 5 brothers , my Grandfather being the oldest. Great Grand father and Grandfather would cradle the grain, while the younger boys would come behind tying sheaves , and stooking the grain to dry. My dad told me this story. And he also said that after much of the orchard was cut down and a grain binder purchased, his dad would still always cradle the outside round, so the horses wouldn’t tramp it. My dad would go behind hand tying the sheaves. My dad said he could never hope to keep up with his dad cutting, and my dad could tie sheaves really fast. For those that do not know what a cradle is. A Cradle is basically a scythe with a kind of cage on it to catch the cut grain, each swing should yield enough to make one sheave.
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Today's Featured Article - Talk of the Town: The Saga of Grandpa's Tractor - by The following saga is from the Tractor Talk Discussion Forum. Someone. The saga starts with the following message: Hey guys I have a decision to make. I know what you all will probably suggest and it will probably agree with me way down inside, but here it is. I have a picture blown up and framed in my "tractor room" of a Farmall M. It was my Grandpa's tractor, of which whom I never got to meet. He froze to death getting this tractor out of the barn to pull a truck out of the ditch before I was born. Anyway my dad and aunt had to sell it at the auction,
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