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Brockwell Bake harvest at Hophurst Farm 21/8/11 > page 1

farmer Michael Duveen at our wheat patch the evening before harvest day, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

looking at resulting mess without cradle, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

second cradle experiment with traditional bow, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

bow with pricker, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

Michael tries out bow cradle, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

third cradle experiment, two stick Slovakian version, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

first evenings experiments, better than without cradle but still not great, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

second day with fourth cradle experiment, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

the fourth model with blade drilled and two bolts holding finger to blade, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

swath with final model cradle with two fingers, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

final model cradle with two fingers scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

final model swath cut, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11

chain holding top sticks to snath, scythe cradle trials for wheat reaping, BBA harvest on Hophurst Farm (Jacobs Ladder Farms) 21/8/11
 
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